The 1953 flooding of the Manawatu and Oroua River was one of the worst on record for the area. This photograph shows the debris left by the floodwaters. An eyewitness said local boys made makeshift rafts from the branches.
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Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Digitisation ID
- 2014P_IMCA-DigitalMaster_009478
- Title
- Trapped Debris, 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
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Taxonomy
- Community Tags
- flood,
- natural disaster,
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