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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.

Identification

Object type
Image
Digitisation ID
2014p_imca-digitalmaster_009477
Title
Water Level Gauge, Rangiotu Flood
Relation
Digital Photograph Collection, with no hardcopy held
Held In
IMCA Digital Archive

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Creation

Created By
Place
Manawatu
Date
February 1953

Object rights

Credit Line
Palmerston North City Library

Taxonomy

Tags
disaster,
event recordings,
flooding,
photographs,
water,
Community Tags
flood,
natural disaster,

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