Shinmachi tsunami memorial, Hilo, Hawaii 1983
Childs, Iraphne R. (1983) Shinmachi tsunami memorial, Hilo, Hawaii 1983. [Image]
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Abstract
Hilo city, county capital , is situated on Hilo Hay, on the north-east coast of the Island of Hawaii. With a population of approx. 40,000, Hilo is a "laid-back town" but is vulnerable to tsunami hazard. In 1946 Hilo Bay was inundated by a tsunami which devastated the waterfront area of Shinmachi, (lit. New Town in Japanese) killing 159 people. Shinmachi was re-built after 1946 only to be destroyed by another tsunami in 1960 which killed 61 people. After 1960 the low-lying waterfront area was made into the Wailoa River State Recreation Area. This image shows the Shinmachi tsunami memorial in this parkland.
Additional Information
| Item Type: | Image | ||||||||
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| Collection: | Asia-Pacific Images: 1970s-1990s | ||||||||
| Sub-Collection Title: | United States (Hawaii) |
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| Date: | 1983 | ||||||||
| Keywords: | monuments & memorials | ||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 16 Oct 2013 13:03 | ||||||||
| Last Modified: | 29 May 2022 23:59 | ||||||||
| Copyright Owner: | Copyright Iraphne R. Childs. | ||||||||
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| Location | 19.726639, -155.0868781 | ||||||||
| URI: | https://digitalcollections.qut.edu.au/id/eprint/299 | ||||||||
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