Kōrero: Historic volcanic activity

Damaged rail carriage (2 o 2)

Damaged rail carriage

The remains of a railway carriage lies beside a section of rail track; another rests on its side on the opposite side of the river. The Whangaehu River has dropped back to its normal level, but the mud that covers everything indicates the extent of the flood.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Morrie Peacock Collection (PAColl-4875)
Reference: MP-0059-10
Photograph by Morrie Ronald Peacock

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Eileen McSaveney, Carol Stewart and Graham Leonard, 'Historic volcanic activity - Ruapehu and the Tangiwai disaster', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/6869/damaged-rail-carriage (accessed 25 April 2024)

He kōrero nā Eileen McSaveney, Carol Stewart and Graham Leonard, i tāngia i te 12 Jun 2006