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Lemon and Lime
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A digitally manipulated photograph of a stack of metal beams.
Access All Areas
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A digitally manipulated image of the head of a digger resting on a pile of soil. The photographer comments, "You can go anywhere you like when you are a rock star".
He's Not Heavy, He's My Brother
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A large concrete beam, still partially connected by reinforcing rods to the partially-demolished building it came from lies across an entranceway.
My Neighbour's House Being De-Constructed
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A digitally manipulated image of an excavator demolishing a house. The photographer comments, "My neighbour I thought was going to be one of the first to be rebuilt in the area after being damaged in the 22 February 2011 earthquake, but the builders have knocked it down and not returned yet".
BeckerFraserPhotos February 2012 photograph 0503
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A photograph of heavy machinery on Hereford Street.
Sunday is a Day of Rest
Images, UC QuakeStudies
The head of a digger resting on a pile of soil next to QEII Stadium. The photographer comments, "The deconstruction of the QEII stadium in Christchurch pauses on a Sunday".
BeckerFraserPhotos October 2010 photograph 062
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The old Civic Council Chamber's west wall reinforced with heavy steel bracing.
BeckerFraserPhotos April 2011 photograph 740
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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A heavily damaged footpath on Manchester Street".
Big Red
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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".
BeckerFraserPhotos February 2012 photograph 0376
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A photograph of a spire removed from the ChristChurch cathedral and protected with heavy steel bracing.
BeckerFraserPhotos March 2011 photograph 189
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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Arts Centre, heavy steel supporting structure securing the clock tower - Worcester Street".
BeckerFraserPhotos April 2011 photograph 129
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An old fashioned telephone box outside the Our City O-Tautahi building with heavy steel bracing in the background.
22 February Earthquake - Photograph 63
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A woman walks through liquefaction in Hendon Street in St Albans. The photographer comments, "Hendon St, St Albans, is very heavily silted".
BeckerFraserPhotos April 2011 photograph 135
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Heavy steel bracing holding up the front facade of the Our City O-Tautahi Building on Worcester Street near Oxford Terrace.
BeckerFraserPhotos April 2011 photograph 660
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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Eight of these small bolts were all that held up the heavy roof bridging two buildings".
BeckerFraserPhotos February 2012 photograph 0347
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A photograph showing a crane next to the heavily braced Our City-Otautahi building. A pile of large plastic wheelie bins is in the foreground.
Life in the South Island.. 20 September 2010
Images, Alexander Turnbull Library
The cartoon's title is 'Life in the South Island'. A man wonders aloud to his wife when the 'plague of locusts' will arrive as they have had 'collapsing finance companies, earthquakes' and 'heavy snow damage'. Refers to the collapse of South Canterbury Finance, the earthquake of 4th September, and more recently, heavy snow in Southland that has caused roofs to collapse. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
BeckerFraserPhotos March 2011 photograph 194
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Heavy steel bracing holding up the clock tower on the Worcester Street side of the Arts Centre. Wire fencing has been placed along the road in order to cordon off the building.
BeckerFraserPhotos May 2012 photograph 110
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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "the Edmonds Clock Tower heavily braced. (time stopped at 12:51, the moment of the Feb 22, 2011 earthquake) (the tower has subsequently been partly deconstructed for repair )".
BeckerFraserPhotos March 2011 photograph 014
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The Empire Hotel on London Street in Lyttelton with heavy steel bracing holding up the facade. Bricks from the side wall have collapsed on to the footpath and wire fencing encloses the site.
Terry Binding WEMO Photograph 28
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A photograph of an earthquake damaged building on the corner of Manchester Street and Struthers Lane. The front wall of the building has crumbled, exposing the inside. One of the rooms is heavily graffitied.
The Wrecking Crew Move On
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A digger being loaded onto the back of a truck. The photographer comments, "After clearing away the remains of a building in Christchurch, New Zealand destroyed by the February 22 earthquake the digger can now be transported to its next destination for destruction".
The Strange Lines of Bubbles in Earthquake Liquefaction
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Liquefaction in North New Brighton. The photographer comments, "This is the liquid part of liquefaction left when the heavier sand content has dropped down. After the double quake in Christchurch local to me I found these strange lines of bubbles on the surface".
Four Person Emergency Kit: After Shake
Images, Canterbury Museum
One comprehensive emergency kit contained within a 68 litre heavy duty plastic storage case; includes four personal essentials packs, a survival first aid kit, an After Shake base pack and two 20 litre water storage canisters. Designed by the company After Shake to support a four person household following an emergency. This comprehensive emerg...
Four Person Emergency Kit: After Shake
Images, Canterbury Museum
One comprehensive emergency kit contained within a 68 litre heavy duty plastic storage case; includes four personal essentials packs, a survival first aid kit, an After Shake base pack and two 20 litre water storage canisters. Designed by the company After Shake to support a four person household following an emergency. This comprehensive emerg...
"Tread lightly, we don't want any more aftershocks..." G. Brownlee Earthqu…
Images, Alexander Turnbull Library
Earthquake Minister Gerry Brownlee trundles heavily through debris left after the Canterbury earthquake of 4th September 2010. An engineer tells him to 'Tread lightly' as they 'don't want any more aftershocks..' Gerry Brownlee is not a slight man. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Crack'd for Christchurch Photograph 057
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A photograph of the steel frame of Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair artwork.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Mid September 2013. The chair frame was made by Bob Hamilton from Total Fabrications. It is shown here with Chris Raateland who did a lot of heavy lifting for Crack'd."
BeckerFraserPhotos December 2011 photograph 2351
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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A residential property on Waygreen Avenue in New Brighton. A note reads, 'Don't bother digging! Thanks anyway'. This family moved out after the February earthquakes, due to damage from liquefaction. The stone made the house heavy so it sank and suffered from silt and water creating mould and other problems inside the house".
Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :"Hello EQC here! - you know how the quakes lef…
Images, Alexander Turnbull Library
The Earthquake Commission calls a householder and tells him the 'good news' that his house which was left by the earthquakes in 'such an angle you couldn't live in it' has been refloated by the recent heavy rain and is now level again. The 'bad news' is that the house was last seen floating in the sea off Sumner. In June 2013 heavy rains had caused flooding in Canterbury. Christchurch was affected especially in the liquefaction prone areas, where the ground had sunk because of the earthquakes. Colour and black and white versions available Other Titles - Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945-:"Established in a conservation estate...likely to harm our unique flora and fauna..." 31 May 2013 Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).
ELM Offices Level 7 Library - Photograph 02
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The University of Canterbury's E-Learning team's temporary office in the James Hight building. The photographer comments, "First looks at our new temporary (maybe) office space. Our group will stay here until April or May 2011, then will move to another floor in the Central Library. Foyer lifts etc. Female toilets are off the foyer to the left. These lifts start at Level 2 of the Library, and are heavily used by students. (Once the building is repaired after the earthquake; several floors are still in a mess)".