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This photograph shows a truck loaded with hay bales to keep them out of the floodwaters. One of the men is Norm Terry. The truck was owned by a local carrier firm by the name of J.W. Cooksley. The 1953 Rangiotu Flood was one of the largest floods for the Oroua River on record.

Identification

Object type
Image
Digitisation ID
2014P_IMCA-DigitalMaster_009481
Title
Men rescuing hay bales, Rangiotu
Held In
IMCA Digital Archive
Original held in
Digital Photograph Collection, with no hardcopy held
Date
1953-02

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Rangiotu, Manawatu

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Tags
agriculture,
disaster,
event recordings,
flooding,
labour,
men,
oroua river,
photographs,
river,
transport,
transportation,
water,
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