A photograph of the former railway station. Wooden boards support the damaged clock tower.
A photograph of the Rendezvous Hotel on Gloucester Street, also known as Pacific Tower.
The clock face on the left is showing the correct time. The clock face on the right stopped at the moment of the big earthquake in CHCH on Sept 4th at 4.25am. It stayed like that for a week until fixed. Interestingly that face has not shown the correct time since.
The old Railway Station clock tower on Moorhouse Avenue with plywood and steel reinforcement covering two sides, and a crane hanging over top. The brickwork suffered extensive cracking during the earthquake making it in need of reinforcement. The clock has stopped at around 16:35, the time of the earthquake.
The old Railway Station clock tower on Moorhouse Avenue with plywood and steel reinforcement covering two sides, and a crane hanging over top. The brickwork suffered extensive cracking during the earthquake making it in need of reinforcement. The clock has stopped at around 16:35, the time of the earthquake.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The clock face of a clock tower in Sumner".
A montage of photographs of the Forsyth Barr building, Clarendon Tower, and Hotel Grand Chancellor.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "New Brighton clock tower showing the time that the earthquake struck".
A photograph of the Victoria Street clock tower, with bracing and wrappings protecting its base.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Footpath subsidence beside the Twin Towers monument, Kilmore Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "View from HSBC Tower demolishing the old City Library".
A photograph of the Victoria Street clock tower, with bracing and wrappings protecting its base.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Earthquake damage to a clock tower in Lyttelton".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Part of the tower fell through the Cathedral roof".
Damage to Cranmer Courts, formerly the Normal School. The tower has collapsed, exposing interior walls.
Detail of the Edmonds clock tower, on the corner of Madras St and Oxford Tce.
Detail of the Edmonds clock tower, on the corner of Madras St and Oxford Tce.
Clock tower on Victoria St stopped at the time of the 22nd February earthquake.
A photograph of Clarendon Tower, seen from the intersection of Gloucester Street and Cambridge Terrace.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Liquefaction mounds on the Estuary. Looking towards 'Ferrymead Towers'".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Liquefaction mounds on the Estuary. Looking towards 'Ferrymead Towers'".
A photograph of Clarendon Tower, seen from the intersection of Gloucester Street and Cambridge Terrace.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "War memorial in Cathedral Square and the Clarendon Tower".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The rubble of the bell tower, Christ Church Cathedral".
Stones fallen from the bell tower of St John the Baptist church in Latimer Square.
Stones fallen from the bell tower of St John the Baptist church in Latimer Square.
Stones fallen from the bell tower of St John the Baptist church in Latimer Square.
Stones fallen from the bell tower of St John the Baptist church in Latimer Square.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Clarendon Tower (left), Westpac Bank (centre), Grant Thornton building (white right of the Westpac in the distance), ANZ Bank (white with vertical stripes below the Grant Thornton), BNZ bank (red), and Holiday Inn (right) all under demolition, viewed from Alice in Videoland".
An aerial photograph of the Christchurch central city. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Tall buildings of the central city with the Christ Church Cathedral in the middle".