Written on back with blue ballpoint pens - Flood gate Walls Okuku Rd (Tokomaru River) N. Clayton Shannon.
Construction of spillway, Tokomaru River on Okuku Road north of Shannon, 1941 1 B&W photo print, copy
On property owed by Wall’s Estate. 9 people (unidentified) – 8 men & 1 girl.
Information on page 47 of book – “Opiki – From Fibre to Food” states: ... It is incredible that Opiki escaped being flooded from 1941 (when Wall’s Sillway was raised) until after the erection of the {Moutoa} floodgates and their operation in 1962.
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