
Men rescuing hay bales, Rangiotu
- Description
This photograph shows a truck loaded with haybales 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
- Date
- February 1953
- Digitisation ID
- 2014P_IMCA-DigitalMaster_009480
- Held In
- IMCA Digital Archive
Taxonomy
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