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Head office of the Hiroshima Electric Railway Company

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ID Code TKAWAMOTO0006
Title Head office of the Hiroshima Electric Railway Company
Photographer Toshio Kawamoto
Date Fall of 1945
Location Senda-machi
Distance from hypocenter 1900meters
Existence of phorographic nagatives No
Owner Hiroshima City
Custodian Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Description Looking southeast (along the streetcar tracks) from the northeast (the start of the streetcar tracks leading into a streetcar shed). The side of the building facing the direction of the hypocenter was completely destroyed by the A-bomb blast. The structure did not appear to be severely damaged, however, as can be seen from the front where the streetcar tracks ran.
Record of publication in literature, exhibition Listed in the “Peace Database” of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum website,The photo collection “The Moment of Hiroshima’s Destruction”
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