Liquefaction erupted throughout the city during each of the major earthquakes. It had to be cleared and everyone piled it onto the roadside, where it was eventually picked up by City Council trucks. The fine dust permeated the air for weeks, driving many to wear dust masks while outside.
A pile of fence posts and bricks from the footpath piled in the gutter on Charles Street in Kaiapoi.
Liquefaction piled on the sides of a road in north-east Christchurch. The liquefaction has been dug out of the properties and piled on the side of the road to be collected by road maintenance contractors.
This is a temporary pile of silt piled on the old Bexley landfill sight. Some trucks are addng to the pile, while other truck and trailer units are taking it away to the old Bottle Lake landfill sight, a few km to the north of here.
A pile of rubble on Maling Street in Avonside.
The sewage treatment ponds in Bromley. In the distance trucks and diggers can be seen piling up liquefaction silt. The photographer comments, "Looking NW from the causeway through the sewage wetlands. Mountains of liquefaction silt are being piled up near the corner of Breezes Rd and SH74-Anzac Drive".
A photograph of a pile of liquefaction in Hagley Park.
Silt from liquefaction piled on the side of Ferry Road.
Liquefaction silt piled along the sides of a residential street.
A pile of bricks on the side of the road.
A photograph of a pile of rubble on High Street.
An excavator bunching up scrap metal as part of efforts to clear the site of the demolished Hillary and Marshall Limited building on Manchester Street. A pile of scrapped wooden components can be seen at the back of the site, and a pile of masonry is visible in the foreground.
A photograph of an earthquake damaged house. USAR teams have spray-painted a message on the side of the house. The message reads, "Pile cleared by dogs, 4 March". To the left, a pile of rubble is lying next to the house.
A photograph of an earthquake damaged house. USAR teams have spray-painted a message on the side of the house. The message reads, "Pile cleared by dogs, 4 march". To the left, a pile of rubble is lying next to the house.
A photograph of an earthquake damaged house. A USAR team has spray-painted a message on the side of the house. The message reads, "Pile cleared by dogs, 4 March". To the left, a pile of rubble is lying next to the house.
A pile of rubble from the Strategy building on Montreal Street.
A pile of rubble from the Strategy building on Montreal Street.
A pile of rubble from the Strategy building on Montreal Street.
A stack of concrete blocks removed from a building.
A pile of crushed cars near the site of the CTV Building.
A photograph of liquefaction silt piled at the side of a road.
A photograph of a pile of rubble and scaffolding on Manchester Street.
A pile of rubble next to the damaged McKenzie & Willis building.
A photograph of a pile of rubble and scaffolding on Manchester Street.
Bricks are piled onto wooden pallets along Montreal Street outside Cranmer Court.
A photograph of a pile of bricks from the partially-demolished Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of a pile of bricks from the partially-demolished Cranmer Centre.
A tombstone submerged in a pile of liquefaction in a cemetery in Christchurch.
A digger works on top of a pile of soil and building rubble.
A photograph of a pile of bricks from St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church.