Lazarus Archive · LZ-28692

Ironfield river gauge readings, 1975–1976

Coastal Water Authority, 1975–1976. Research data for scientific instruments.

Description

Hourly river levels from 10 gauging stations on the rivers around Ironfield, recorded by automatic loggers.

Provenance

Sent to Lazarus by post, with a note asking whether anything could be saved. The tape was sticky with binder breakdown and was baked at low temperature before a single careful read. Reassembled from fragments spread across several carriers.

Preservation

Fixity (SHA-256)
3729a075740e1b9f638442bd0c49513b3b004fd865ab5f4a198a4575262473f6
Last verified
Oct 16, 2026, by Vigil
Migrated to
CSV with a data dictionary, with the original files kept
Copies
Three, on two kinds of storage, in two cities
Original carriers
Kept in cold storage in Vancouver

Access

Free, in the Lazarus reading room in Vancouver and in partner reading rooms.

Reading-room copies are migrated to CSV with a data dictionary, with the original files kept. The recovered files are kept exactly as they were found.

Cite as: Coastal Water Authority, Ironfield river gauge readings, 1975–1976 (1975–1976). Lazarus Archive, LZ-28692.

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