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ID Code A-759
Photographer Shigeo Hayashi
Provider Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Location Moto-machi, Hakushima areas
Distance from the Hypocenter (m) 330
Description Fallen purification font
Location: Moto-machi
Distance from hypocenter: approx. 330m
The purification font (basin) on the south side of the stone pavement leading to the Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine front building evidently rose into the air and rotated 90 degrees as it fell. Makeshift new dwellings stand behind on the left, and Honkawa Elementary School extends on the far side.

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