| Description |
From the downstream side of the west end of Motoyasu Bridge (Nakajima-honmachi), looking east. From left: the Hiroshima Post Office, and Shima Hospital at the hypocenter. Beyond Motoyasu Bridge in the center of the frame are the Hiroshima branch of Chiyoda Life Insurance Company, and the head office of Geibi Bank. In the rear from the left, are: Mt. Futaba, Mt. Onaga, Mt. Gosasozan, and so on. Motoyasu Bridge is located almost directly beneath the A-bomb’s detonation point, and was hit by the blast from nearly directly above. Its parapets on the upstream side fell into the upstream side of the river, and all parapets on the downstream side dropped into the downstream side of the river. Each of the main pillars' hibukuro (where one would light the stone lantern's fire), either fell, or shifted to the left or to the right. Except for its stone base, the main pillar in the left foreground (Nakajima-honmachi, right bank) fell to the west. |
