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ID Code YKAWAHARA0009
Title Aioi Bridge
Photographer Yotsugi Kawahara
Date On August 9, 1945
Location Honkawa,Motoyasu River,Sarugaku-cho
Distance from hypocenter 250meters
Existence of phorographic nagatives No
Owner Hiroshima City
Custodian Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Description Looking west from the end of Aioi bridge on the left bank (facing downstream) of Motoyasu River. Despite its proximity to the hypocenter, the parapet located on the downstream side of Aioi Bridge did not fall, though it tilted outward. The building at the top is Honkawa National Elementary School.
Record of publication in literature, exhibition Listed in Peace Database of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, Photo collection Moment of destruction of Hiroshima
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