Shipping containers against the cliff on the road to Sumner, Christchurch.
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From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Shipping containers against the cliff on the road to Sumner, Christchurch.
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From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Shipping containers against the cliff on the road to Sumner, Christchurch.
File reference: CCL-2012-05-12-Around-Sumner-May-2012 DSC_009.JPG
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
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Damage from the Christchurch 7.1 earthquake on 4th Sept 2010
A car on Rowses Road has its entire front half embedded in liquefaction after falling into a sink hole. The photographer comments, "Perhaps the most impressively stuck car was this small silver hatchback that went head first into a large hole in a street just off Shortland Street (between Shortland and Breezes Road) in Aranui. The rear hatch was open when we came across it. Apparently there had been one person and a dog inside but they managed to escape. The silt has now settled around and inside the car, making the vehicle an intimidating monument to the earthquake".
A car on Rowses Road has its entire front half embedded in liquefaction after falling into a sink hole. The photographer comments, "Perhaps the most impressively stuck car was this small silver hatchback that went head first into a large hole in a street just off Shortland Street (between Shortland and Breezes Road) in Aranui. The rear hatch was open when we came across it. Apparently there had been one person and a dog inside but they managed to escape. The silt has now settled around and inside the car, making the vehicle an intimidating monument to the earthquake".
A photograph of an earthquake-damaged house on Marine Parade in North Brighton. The front section of the house has collapsed, the rest buckled. The wall of the gable has also collapsed as well as part of the lower front wall. A red sticker in the window indicates that the building is unsafe to enter. A message has been spray painted on the front window, reading, "Roof tiles, $3 each". Police tape, a road cone and saw horses have been used to cordon off the house.
An earthquake-damaged bridge, the approach to which has slumped. The photographer comments, "Due to lateral spread and the land slumping the road leading to this bridge has moved down greatly. Just imagine making the street lamps upright and how much that section of road would rise up at the end. When you go over bridges in the east side of Christchurch it is quite a climb up and a big drop down on the other side. The bridges in most cases coped very well, but not so the land leading to them".
A car on Rowses Road has its entire front half embedded in liquefaction after falling into a sink hole. The photographer comments, "Perhaps the most impressively stuck car was this small silver hatchback that went head first into a large hole in a street just off Shortland Street (between Shortland and Breezes Road) in Aranui. The rear hatch was open when we came across it. Apparently there had been one person and a dog inside but they managed to escape. The silt has now settled around and inside the car, making the vehicle an intimidating monument to the earthquake".
A photograph of a section of road lying on the Greendale Fault line which has large cracks caused by the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
Soldiers from the New Zealand Army and Singapore Armed Forces walking down the road in Christchurch. To the right, army trucks can be seen.
The Sumner cliffs photographed from the South Brighton spit. Shipping containers can be seen along Main Road to protect passing cars from rock fall.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The road surface of the Colombo Street bridge over the River Avon, showing the effect of compression".
A port-a-loo standing outside The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Liquefaction can be seen on the footpath and road.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Canterbury earthquake. People look at what was once a straight section of Telegraph Road that moved sideways by 3 metres".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Two road cones decorated with tinsel and Santa hats on Kingsford Street in the Horseshoe Lake area".
A photograph of the installation titled Kloud at LUXCITY. Another large-scale installation titled Archrobatics can be seen in the distance across the road.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Hemant Shah, whose Ferry Road dairy and the house he lives in above it have been condemned following earthquake damage".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church on Papanui Road having its spire carefully removed so that restoration work can be considered".
Detail of the front right corner of St Mary & St Athanaslos church on Edgeware Road. Many of the bricks have broken and fallen away.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church on Papanui Road having its spire carefully removed so that restoration work can be considered".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church on Papanui Road having its spire carefully removed so that restoration work can be considered".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church on Papanui Road having its spire carefully removed so that restoration work can be considered".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church on Papanui Road having its spire carefully removed so that restoration work can be considered".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church on Papanui Road having its spire carefully removed so that restoration work can be considered".
Aftermath of September 4th Earthquake in Canterbury (area covers Christchurch City) NZ. Damage to bridge on Spencerville Road crossing the Lower Styx river.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Laying new sewers in Bridge Street, New Brighton".
Looking across the mouth of the estuary to the Sumner cliffs. Shipping containers can be seen along Main Road, protecting passing cars from rock fall.
A photograph looking north along Oxford Terrace towards Gloucester Street. The road has been fenced off ahead and a crane can be seen in the distance.
