BeckerFraserPhotos April 2011 photograph 492

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A crane on London Street in Lyttelton, lifting a platform outside the Empire Hotel.

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A crane on London Street in Lyttelton, lifting a platform outside the Empire Hotel.

BeckerFraserPhotos July 2011 photograph 144

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Workers entering the Claredon Tower on Oxford Street by climbing from a crane-raised platform into one of the windows.

BeckerFraserPhotos July 2011 photograph 143

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Workers entering the Claredon Tower on Oxford Street by climbing from a crane-raised platform into one of the windows.

BeckerFraserPhotos July 2011 photograph 148

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Workers entering the Claredon Tower on Oxford Street by climbing from a crane-raised platform into one of the windows.

BeckerFraserPhotos April 2011 photograph 590

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Winnie Bagoes on Colombo Street, the west side partially collapsed after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. In the background, a crane is raising a platform next to the Forsyth Barr Building.

Observatory Tower Photograph 36

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A photograph of the platform for the Townsend Telescope amongst the rubble of the Observatory tower at the Christchurch Arts Centre. The tower collapsed during the 22 February 2011 earthquake, severely damaging the telescope.

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The badly-damaged Arts Centre, viewed from Rolleston Avenue. The turret has been removed from the building and secured to a platform on the footpath. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon and there are many road cones directing traffic.

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The badly-damaged Arts Centre, viewed from Rolleston Avenue. The turret has been removed from the building and secured to a platform on the footpath. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon and there are many road cones directing traffic.

BeckerFraserPhotos April 2011 photograph 116

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The badly-damaged Arts Centre, viewed from Rolleston Avenue. The turret has been removed from the building and secured to a platform on the footpath. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon and there are many road cones directing traffic.

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 183

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A photograph of the collapsed PGC Building on Cambridge Terrace. Emergency management personnel are hanging above the building in a crane-raised platform. An excavator is sitting on the rubble and a tent has been pitched in the foreground.

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 182

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A photograph of the collapsed PGC Building on Cambridge Terrace. Emergency management personnel are hanging above the building in a crane-raised platform. An excavator is sitting on the rubble and a tent has been pitched in the foreground.

US Embassy Photograph 65

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Members of the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) hoisted on the platform of a crane, next to the Forsyth Barr Building on the corner of Armagh and Colombo Streets. Some of the windows below have been broken open by Urban Search and Rescue workers looking for trapped people.