The 1945 eruption emptied the crater lake and dammed the outlet with tephra. The crater slowly refilled with water, until on 24 December 1953 the tephra dam collapsed causing a lahar in the Whangaehu River. The lahar caused the Tangiwai disaster, with the loss of 151 lives, when the Tangiwai railway bridge across the Whangaehu River collapsed while the lahar was in full flood, just before an express train crossed it.
Ruapehu, Mount (N.Z.) - Eruption, 1945
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Photographs of Eastbourne, Lower Hutt, and of Mount Ruapehu erupting in 1945
Date: [ca 1920-1950]
From: Drake, Shona, fl 1960-2012 :Photographs
Reference: PAColl-9975
Description: Photographs of Eastbourne, Lower Hutt, taken circa 1920s-1950, including aerial views, some taken by Whites Aviation. As well as Eastbourne, there are aerial views of Butterfly Creek, and Gollans Valley in the hills behind the suburb, and an almost completed swimming pool, the first in Eastbourne, built by the local men including B G Baker of 7 Rona Street. Also photographs of Mount Ruapehu erupting in 1945, taken by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 15 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2060 : Drake, Shona, fl 1960-2012 : Papers.
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Eruption of Mt Ruapehu
Date: 1945
From: Davis, Bruce Valentine, 1913-2003 :Photographs and negatives
Reference: 35mm-00708-f-F
Description: View of the ash cloud from the eruption of Mt Ruapehu as seen by two trampers in the Kaimanawa Mountains. Photograph taken in 1945, probably by Bruce Valentine Davis. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
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Eruption of Mount Ruapehu, with mountaineers watching
Date: 1945
From: Davis, Bruce Valentine, 1913-2003 :Photographs and negatives
Reference: 35mm-00698-b-F
Description: Eruption of Mount Ruapehu, and unidentified mountaineers watching. Photograph taken by Bruce Valentine Davis in 1945. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
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Eruption of Mt Ruapehu
Date: 1945
From: Davis, Bruce Valentine, 1913-2003 :Photographs and negatives
Reference: 35mm-00696-b-F
Description: View of the ash cloud from the eruption of Mt Ruapehu, from near Waihohonu Hut, during a deer hunting expedition. Photograph taken in 1945, probably by Bruce Valentine Davis. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
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Chateau Tongariro, and Mount Ruapehu erupting behind
Date: 1945
From: Davis, Bruce Valentine, 1913-2003 :Photographs and negatives
Reference: 35mm-00702-a-F
Description: Chateau Tongariro, and Mount Ruapehu erupting behind, photographed by Bruce Valentine Davis in 1945. Looks along a lawn, towards a hotel building in a Georgian revival style. A volcanic plume rises from the snow covered mountain behind. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
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Eruption of Mt Ruapehu
Date: 1945
From: Davis, Bruce Valentine, 1913-2003 :Photographs and negatives
Reference: 35mm-00702-b-F
Description: View of the ash cloud from the eruption of Mt Ruapehu. Photograph taken in 1945, probably by Bruce Valentine Davis. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
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Eruption of Mount Ruapehu
Date: August 1945
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP-Science-Geology-Volcanoes and volcanic eruptions-13
Description: Aerial view of Mount Ruapehu erupting, taken August 1945 by an unknown photographer. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Ruapehu August 1945 Arrangement: Print in Evening Post illustrations file at cabinet 14, drawer 4 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.2 x 20.7 cm
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Ravensthorpe convalescent depot at Bombay, south of Auckland, to which mental health pa...
Date: 27 Dec 1948
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-19142-G
Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches
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Mount Ruapehu in eruption
Date: 1945
Reference: 1/2-060622-F
Description: A view of Mount Ruapehu in eruption in 1945 with two trampers observing Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
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Copy photograph of Mount Ruapehu eruption of unknown date
Date: Jul 1945
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-01616-G
Description: Copy negative taken by Whites Aviation. Photographer of original unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: ¼ plate Glass negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches