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ID Code | YKAWAHARA0009 |
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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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