Reconstruction of Aioi Bridge and Hiroshima Chamber of Commerce & Industry Hall, Hiroshima, Japan. The epicentre of the explision caused by the Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6th 1945 was close to this location, completely destroying the Bridge rail and rendering the pavements as if 'dug up from underground'. Date: circa 1950
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