Story: Wetlands
The city of Christchurch was built on swampy land. This view looking south to the Worcester Street bridge shows flat, poorly drained land next to the flax-lined Avon River.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Edward Seager Album
Reference: 1/2-022720-F
Photograph by Alfred Charles Barker
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.