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ID Code | IKITA0001 |
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Title | Yamate-cho, fences of Sanyo Main Railroad Line |
Photographer | Isao Kita |
Date | End of August 1945 |
Location | Yamate-cho |
Distance from hypocenter | 2100meters |
Existence of phorographic nagatives | No |
Owner | Hiroshima City |
Custodian | Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum |
Description | Yamate-cho, about 2,100 meters west of the hypocenter. Sanyo Main Line. Fences along the railroad line using railroad bed sleepers were spontaneously ignited by the bomb's heat flash and caught fire. |
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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