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ID Code HB405-C
Photographer US Army
Provider Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Location Peace Memorial Park vicinity
Distance from the Hypocenter (m) 260
Description Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall Reduced to Rubble
November 1945
Located close to the hypocenter, the building recieved the blast from almost directly above, which allowed some of the center walls to escape collapse. The steel skeleton of the dome became a symbolic landmark.

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