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Kopuawhara No. 3 Camp, administration camp, Mahia Peninsula
- Date
- 1938
- Reference
- PAColl-4431-03
- Description
Photograph of the Kopuawhara No. 3 Camp, a public works administration camp beside the Kopuawhara Stream. Shows cabins in the Camp and the surrounding river valley. Photograph taken in 1938 by an unidentified photographer.
A number of bodies of victims of the flood disaster that struck the Kopuawhara No. 4 public works camp were also found at this main administration camp. The Kopuawhara No. 4 public works camp was one of a series of camps set up for construction workers building the Wairoa-Gisborne railway. It was located on the banks of the Kopuawhara Stream, which flooded the camp with a five-metre wall of water in the morning of February 19 1938. Some flats in the No. 3 camp were also covered with driftwood.
Source of descriptive information - Historical note sourced from: Christchurch City Libraries, New Zealand Disasters, http://library.christchurch.org.nz/Childrens/NZDisasters/Kopuawhara.asp. Additional information from back of print.
Inscriptions: Verso - centre - No-3 Camp, Kopuawhara. This is the main administration camp. The stream on right of picture is the one which did the damage and the flats in the background were covered with driftwood etc. A number of bodies of victims were also found here.; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - 4
Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 14 x 9 cm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Jeffery, Cecil Albert, 1888-1970 : Collection / Personal and political photographs
- Format
- 1 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs, Silver gelatin print 14 x 9 cm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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