More Info →Stuart's Bend, Manawatu River in Flood

The Great flood of 1953, showing the Manawatu River (Stuart’s Bend) at the bottom left. My mid-day on Wednesday, 28 January, the river was at 21 feet and rising at the Fitzherbert Bridge.’ See ‘A time of transition’ by Val Burr, page 100’, for further details. See Also: Ian Matheson City Archive Research File A175/ 316