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1940's Fire - 5 of 8

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Date of original1940-12-30DescriptionB&W image taken at the Grasslands Research Division, Plant Research Bureau at Palmerston North. Shows the fire engine parked behind the burnt out building and a member of staff talking to a fireman. Taken the morning after a devastating fire of unknown cause raged through the building complex. The alarm was raised at 1.15am resulting in the fire brigade driving the two miles from their Palmerston North station, finding on arrival insufficient water to quell the fire. Eventually the nearby Turitea stream provided a good supply of water to be pumped into the engine, but sadly the fire had a good hold on the wooden structure. In just over two hours the three year old building with an initial cost of £8000 was burnt to cinders.Size of original11 cm (H) X 16 cm (W)Series1940's FireSort Order5Location^[1]ColourB&WLanguageEnglish

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KeywordCampusesBuildingsGrasslandsSubject - GeographicGrasslandsSubject - Named event1940's Fire at Grasslands DivisionNode lookup1940's Fire - 1 of 81940's Fire - 2 of 81940's Fire - 3 of 81940's Fire - 4 of 81940's Fire - 6 of 81940's Fire - 7 of 81940's Fire - 8 of 8Knowledge node lookupGrasslands Campus

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FormatJPGDate of digital2023-12-14Technical descriptionCopied from Digitisation drive:

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Size: 1.27 MB
Dimensions: 2730 X 1964
Width: 2730 pixels
Height: 1964 pixels
Horizontal resolution: 72 dpi
Vertical resolution: 72 dpi
Bit depth: 24
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Camera maker: Apple
F-stop: f/1.8
Exposure time: 1/100 sec
ESO speed: ISO-80
Exposure bias: 0 step
Focal length: 4mm
Metering mode: Pattern
35mm focal length: 26Inventory collectionDigitisation DriveOriginal file name1940's Fire_5 of 8.jpg

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