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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Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Date
- February 1953
- Digitisation ID
- 2014p_imca-digitalmaster_009477
- Held In
- IMCA Digital Archive
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Creation
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- J Moore
- Place
- Manawatu
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