A photograph of electrical cabling on a site at the corner of Colombo Street and Gloucester Street.
One section of new power cable with black rubber casing and one end cut; manufacturer's mark reads 'General Cable NZ X-90 Electrical Cable 600/1000V'. Example of new power cables that needed to be laid following the 22 February earthquake. High voltage power cables in Christchurch are located underground, meaning that the areas which experience...
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Roger Sutton, of Orion, with a section of electrical cable, during a press conference following Canterbury's earthquake".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Workers on Armagh Street repairing a high voltage power cable".
One section of power cable with cut ends, covered in rubber and black electrical tape; two smaller cables branching off the main section; damaged and twisted in the 22 February 2011 earthquake. One of the most noticeable effects of the earthquakes in Canterbury was the loss of basic infrastructure such as power, water and sewerage. The earthqu...
