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  • "Inspecting the Damage" - Pascal Street Sub-station Explosion
  • "Inspecting the Damage" - Pascal Street Sub-station Explosion
Description

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 28 June 1958, page : "G. Eastham, who is partly obscured by K. Wynkes, endeavours to pull the switchboard out to obtain a better view of the damaged area of the Pascal Street sub-station following the explosion this morning. Oil was splattered over the floor."

Identification

Object type
Image
Identifier
2017-20
Archive
Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Date
June 28, 1958
Digitisation ID
2017N_2017-20_014807
Format
B&W negative

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Taxonomy

Tags
1950s,
black and white,
damage,
electricity,
industrial accident,
manawatu evening standard,
pascal street,
power station,
sub-station,
Community Tags
explosions,

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