Rubble left by the 1931 earthquake is being cleared from the old Breakwater road for use in reclamation work at the Port of Napier
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Pictured is an earthmoving machine at work, man standing next to it. Huge rocks which make large trucks look small are among the spoil and rubble left by the 1931 earthquake at the foot of Bluff Hill. The material is being cleared from the old Breakwater road for use in reclamation work at the Port of Napier.
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Rubble left by the 1931 earthquake is being cleared from the old Breakwater road for use in reclamation work at the Port of Napier
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Date made
03 Feb 1968
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Subject
Hawke's Bay earthquake 1931, Archive classification, Harbours and ports, Environment, Building and planning, APC.762, APC.813, Napier, Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand, Polynesia, Oceania
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Plastic/Photographic/Man-made Materials
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Unknown
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Tai Ahuriri, 1 Tennyson Street; Napier 4110
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