Bridge, Kopuawhara

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Public Domain
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Photograph of the Kopuawhara bridge near Mahia along the Napier to Gisborne Railway Line taken in the aftermath of the 1938 flash flood. The photograph shows the damage that was caused by the flood to a railway bridge, possibly over the Kopuawhara Stream. In the foreground the force of the water has dislodged one of the concrete piers.

Photographer, unknown.
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph glued to a piece of card.
Measurements
Photograph: Height x Width: 116 x 70mm
Card: Height x Width: 130 x 79mm
Subject period
Subject date
1938
Credit Line
gifted by Dr Harold Berry
Other number(s)
m65/51, 3424 d, 81986

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