Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Colombo Street".
Photos taken in Richmond on March 25 following the February 22 earthquake.
File reference: CCL-2011-03-25-Richmond-After-The-Earthquake-IMG_0392
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries
A digitally manipulated of a digger's tread and bucket. The photographer comments, "There is nothing more excitable than a grown man with a big, big toy".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The diggers just keep on getting bigger and bigger it seems".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A big and small digger on Hereford Street".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A big and small digger on Hereford Street".
A digitally manipulated image of an excavator. The photographer comments, "This is a huge excavator in the Christchurch CBD. It is being used to clear away the enormous amount of rubble from the buildings being demolished. It seems that nearly all the big machinery from all other the world has been needed in the clean up of the earthquake damaged buildings and utilities".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The intersection of Cashel and Manchester Streets, looking north-west. The big digger, 'Twinkle Toes', is parked on Manchester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Big nibbler begins to work at the rear of Gough House, Hereford Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A worker clad in protective gear is dwarfed by the big trucks and diggers working on the demolition site of the building on the corner of Gloucester and Colombo Streets".
