Written on back with blue ballpoint pen: “Gale & Flood, 1917, Shannon.”
The road and railway line between Shannon and the Opiki turn-off after the gale and flood in Shannon in 1917. Taken from the highway this photograph looks south showing telegraph poles which have been blown to one side in the gale
1 B&W photo print
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