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Photograph album of Dunedin flood - P1990-015/23

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Reference NumberP1990-015/23Date1923DescriptionAn album of 61 photographs relating to the flooding of portions of Caversham, South Dunedin and St Kilda as well as low-lying areas in the centre and North Dunedin in 1923.History / BiographyThe flood occurred on 22 April, 1923 when abnormally heavy rainfall caused the Water of Leith to breach its banks in several places. The photographs were published in the Otago Witness supplement, 1 May 1923.ProvenanceThese images are from a series of lantern slides commissioned by the Dunedin Drainage and Sewerage Board showing the floods in Dunedin following heavy rain in April 1923. The album was donated by the Dunedin Public Library in 1990

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Photograph album of Dunedin flood - P1990-015/23

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