The above picture, from a photo taken a few months after the Taupo earthquake series of 1922, shows how the shore of the Lake in Whakaipo Bay subsided during that disturbance. The depression averaged about ten feet along the Whakaipo beach, though amounting in one place to twelve feet. The depression extended from the eastern end of Whakaipo Bay to west of the main stream in Whangamata Bay. Prior to the subsidence the kowai tree shown in the picture was growing close to the top of the beach.
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Taupo Times, Volume II, Issue 81, 5 August 1953, Page 1
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88The above picture, from a photo taken a few months after the Taupo earthquake series of 1922, shows how the shore of the Lake in Whakaipo Bay subsided during that disturbance. The depression averaged about ten feet along the Whakaipo beach, though amounting in one place to twelve feet. The depression extended from the eastern end of Whakaipo Bay to west of the main stream in Whangamata Bay. Prior to the subsidence the kowai tree shown in the picture was growing close to the top of the beach. Taupo Times, Volume II, Issue 81, 5 August 1953, Page 1
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