This photograph shows the Staples Motor Workshop after it had been flooded during the 1953 Rangiotu Flood. Note the motorbike in the foreground of the photograph. The 1953 flooding of the Manawatu and Oroua River was one of the worst on record for the area.
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Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Digitisation ID
- 2014P_IMCA-DigitalMaster_009494
- Title
- Staples Motor Workshop, Rangiotu Flood
- Held In
- IMCA Digital Archive
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Creation
- Created By
- J Moore
- Place
- Manawatu
- Date
- February 1953
Object rights
- Credit Line
- Palmerston North City Library
- License
- Contact Us For Details
Taxonomy
- Community Tags
- motorcycle,
- natural disaster,
- water,
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