PERSONAL RECORD. PERRY, BG. [FLOOD THROUGH STIRLING, CLOSING WEIR’S GAP]

Year: 1956
Reference: F35952
Media type: Moving image

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Year: 1956
Reference: F35952
Media type: Moving image

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Flood waters around ‘Stirling Athenæum’ and other timber building (possibly railway buildings). Destroyed small timber building, views over flooded area (probably town of Stirling in Otago). Men in jet boat. Trucks dumping spoil into water, men working on electrical lines. Convoy of trucks filled with rocks. Family watching, ‘Roadways (N.Z.) Ltd’ bulldozers spreading spoil. transportable offices on trailers. People watching from bridge, men looking at last part of narrowed water channel being bulldozed in. Views of finished work (probably closing of Weir’s Gap)