Water Level Gauge, Rangiotu Flood

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Description: The 1953 flooding of the Manawatu and Oroua River was one of the worst on record for the area. This photograph shows a water level gauge next to the railway bridge on the Oroua River.

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Relation: Digital Photograph Collection, with no hardcopy held
Date: February 1953
Digitisation id: 2014p_imca-digitalmaster_009477
Held in: IMCA Digital Archive

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Created By: J Moore
Place: Manawatu

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Tags: disaster; event recordings; flooding; photographs; water

Community Tags: flood; natural disaster

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J Moore. "Water Level Gauge, Rangiotu Flood", February 1953, Manawatū Heritage, Ian Matheson City Archives, https://manawatuheritage.pncc.govt.nz/item/fa9cd688-501d-41b6-91bd-01723e92c4e4, accessed 2026-10-22 01:51.

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