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Description

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

Tautuhi

Momo rauemi
Image
Pākanga
Public Photograph Collection Wh 28
Date
1953
Tautuhi matihiko
2014N_Wh28_009195
E puritia ana ki
"Coolstore"

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Pūnaha whakarōpū

Ngā tūtohu
flood,
flooding,
photographs,
rural towns and life,
water,
Tūtohu Hapori
natural disaster,

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Ngā rauemi e whai pānga ana

Tait - Jamieson Homestead and Cowshed Under Water
Ashhurst Bridge and Punt, c.1897 flood
Train derailment, Manawatu Gorge
Flood waters on the St Highway 57, near Kara Road
Sheep Partially Stranded, Rangiotu Flood
Men rescuing hay bales, Rangiotu
Construction of the second Fitzherbert Bridge
Car on Flooded Road, Rangiotu Flood
Trapped Debris, Rangiotu Flood
Bourke's Drain, Rangiotu Flood
Fitzherbert Bridge under repair
Bourke's Drain in flood, Rangiotu