A photograph taken from Oxford Terrace, looking across a cleared site to the corner of Gloucester Street and Colombo Street. ChristChurch Cathedral and the Novotel building can be seen in the distance.
A photograph taken from Oxford Terrace, looking across a cleared site to the corner of Gloucester Street and Colombo Street. ChristChurch Cathedral and the Novotel building can be seen in the distance.
A close-up photograph of the damaged tiles and stonework on the roof on the north side of Christ Church Cathedral. The small stained-glass window at the top of the gable has been broken.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christ Church Cathedral with its spire missing".
A photograph of the Citizen's Memorial outside the ChristChurch Cathedral on Cathedral Square. The angel in the memorial has bracing around her neck and waist to keep her upright. Behind the memorial, damage to the roof of the Cathedral can be seen. Wire fencing has been placed around the entire building.
Christ Church Cathedral, Christchurch, with spire being rebuilt after the 1901 earthquake. Photographer unidentified.
The nave, tower and spire of Christchurch Cathedral was completed in 1881. Work on completeing the rest of the building began in 1900. In 1902 the transcepts were finished and work started on the chancel and apse. An earthquake in 1901 cracked the upper part of the spire in two places. In this photograph which dates from late 1902/1903 (see scaffolding beyond the transcept indicating work on chancel) the upper part of the spire has been removed by Messrs Graham and Greig in preparation for replacing this section with a copper covered wooden structure. The Cathedral was completed in 1904.
(Information from "Vision and Reality; Christchurch Cathedral in the Square," Colin Brown, Christchurch, 2000 and "A Dream of Spires," Ian Lochhead, Canterbury University Press, 1999, page 153.)
Preparation for erecting the scaffolding was reported in the Christchurch Star 15 January 1902. The cross was replaced on the top of the new copper covered wooden section of the spire on 29 June 1903.
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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cathedral".
A graphic describing damage to the ChristChurch Cathedral.
A timeline giving the history of ChristChurch Cathedral.
A close up of Christ Church Cathedral's damaged tower.
A close up of Christ Church Cathedral's damaged tower.
A graphic showing the damage to ChristChurch Cathedral.
Spotlights attached to a beam of Christ Church Cathedral.
An aerial view of Christchurch a week after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Christ Church Cathedral can be seen.
A photograph of Colombo Street taken through a car window. In the distance is the earthquake-damaged tower of ChristChurch Cathedral.
A photograph of the spire of ChristChurch Cathedral sitting on the ground in Cathedral Square. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The dry summer grass shows the passing of the seasons while the top of the spire of the ChristChurch Cathedral stays still".
A photograph of the south side of the ChristChurch Cathedral, taken from the edge of Cathedral Square. Scaffolding has been set up against one of the walls and a turret has been removed from the building and is now situated in a secure holding on the grass in front.
A photograph of earthquake damage to the ChristChurch Cathedral in Cathedral Square. The tower has been partially demolished and a pile of rubble sits in front. A Daniel Smith Industries Ltd crane is sitting to the left.
A photograph of earthquake damage to the ChristChurch Cathedral in Cathedral Square. The tower has been partially demolished and a pile of rubble sits in front. A Daniel Smith Industries Ltd crane is sitting to the left.
An aerial photograph looking south-east over Cathedral Square with the damaged Christ Church Cathedral in the centre.
A digital copy of a painting by Julia Holden. The painting is of the badly-damaged ChristChurch Cathedral, behind a temporary hoarding. The hoarding has been constructed on part of the footpath around Cathedral Square.
An aerial photograph looking east over Christ Church Cathedral and down Worcester Street.
A close up of damaged stonework of Christ Church Cathedral.
Spotlights seen through the steel bracing of Christ Church Cathedral.
A photograph of Christ Church Cathedral, seen from Worcester Street.
A photograph of a spire on the ChristChurch Cathedral.
A page banner promoting an article about ChristChurch Cathedral.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The northern aspect of the Cathedral hidden behind the container wall and the cafe".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "ChristChurch Cathedral with the war memorial".
A photograph of the north side of the ChristChurch Cathedral with the Citizen's Memorial to the left. The roof of the cathedral has been damaged, and many of the doors and windows boarded up. On the memorial, the angel's waist and neck have been braced to keep her standing.
