East Coast Railway Line

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Public Domain
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Object detail

About this object
View of the Napier to Gisborne Railway Line thought to have been taken in the aftermath of the 1938 flash flood at Kopuawhara.

The photograph shows a section of the track where the land beneath the lines has been washed away. A man works beneath the tracks.

Photographer, unknown.
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph printed on card.
Measurements
Height x Width: 66 x 94mm
Signature/Inscription
Velox, Printed, Printed
H.B. Art Gallery and Museum, Stamp, Stamped
Beck's Pharmacy Napier, Stamp, Stamped
Subject period
Subject date
1938
Caption
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 3425 h
Credit Line
gifted by Dr Harold Berry
Other number(s)
m65/51, 3425h, 82012

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