Photos taken in Lyttelton following the February 22 earthquake.
File ref: CCL-2011-03-05-After-The-Earthquake-P1110593
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries
An aerial photograph of the Heathcote Valley and the entrance to the Lyttelton Road Tunnel.
A digitally manipulated image of a excavator claw tangled with reinforcing cable, with a damaged concrete building in the background. The photographer comments, "The monster destroying the earthquake broken buildings close to the Lyttelton tunnel".
20130125_1749_1D3-400 Road Closed 1
The Lyttelton side of Evans Pass is closed (since the earthquake 23 months ago - 22/02/11). Prior to the road tunnel (through the Port Hills) opening in the early 1960s this was the main access road to the port of Lyttelton.
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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Workmen repairing to remove dangerous rocks/boulders on Castle Hill above the Lyttelton tunnel road".
A photograph submitted by Sarndra to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Approach to Lyttelton Road Tunnel. April 2011.".
A digital copy of a painting by Hamish Allan. The painting is titled, 'Garden City III, Tunnel control' and was painted in 2013. The original painting is acrylic on linen and measures 400 by 400mm.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The Lyttelton road tunnel closed after they found cracks after this morning's aftershocks, seen from the Heathcote valley end".
A photograph submitted by Sarndra to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Through the car window – damaged Lyttelton road tunnel control building. April 2011.".
Built in the early 1960s for the Lyttelton Road Tunnel, it was severley damaged in the February 2011 earthquake and is not currently used.