Paterson River 1955 Flood, Hinton, NSW, Australia
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Pensive Travellers
S 32° 42.893 E 151° 38.907
56H E 373334 N 6379512
Paterson River 1955 Flood, Hinton, NSW, Australia
Waymark Code: WM5FE4
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 12/31/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member SearchN
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The Paterson River peaked at 7.01m (23 feet) in Paterson itself (approx 10Km upstream from here) and the Victoria Pub had 1.4m of water in it. The pictures shows the Paterson River bridge (WM5D9M & WM5D9N) nearby. Whilst I didn't measure the height of the marker, I guess it to be over 2.0m on the post. This marker has been placed here by the Public Works Department of NSW.
Natural or man made event?: Natural

What type of marker?: Metal Plate

When did this occur?: 25 Feb 1955

Website related to the event..: [Web Link]

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A picture showing the level along with any markers telling of what had occurred can be used. Better yet would be a picture of you or someone standing next to the high level mark, that would show if you would have been just wading or completely submersed.
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