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Flood debris alongside the bridge over the Mohaka River
Date: April 1938
From: Broomfield, C (Mrs), fl 1976 :Photographs, chiefly of the 1938 Wairoa flood
Reference: PAColl-0102-01
Description: Flood debris (logs etc), alongside the bridge over the Mohaka River, April, 1938. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Verso - The earthquake [1931?] dammed a creek & formed Te Hoe Lake 5 miles long & 260 ft deep - it rose 10 ft a day when being formed. In the flood it burst through & disappeared down the Mohaka River & this bridge is the one on the main road from Napier to Wairoa where the Mohaka River is crossed not far below the big new Mohaka viaduct. When lots of logs got through one side of the bridge they & the water came along the bridge towards Wairoa side. The river rose quickly 40 ft. Do you wonder this wooden bridge gave way? Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Collapsed bridge over the Mohaka River
Date: 1938
From: Broomfield, C (Mrs), fl 1976 :Photographs, chiefly of the 1938 Wairoa flood
Reference: PAColl-0102-06
Description: Photograph of a bridge over the Mohaka River, half of which collapsed during the 1938 flood, taken ca April 1938 by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 6.5 x 9.4 cm