Too Big For Its Bridges

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An earthquake-damaged bridge, the approach to which has slumped. The photographer comments, "Due to lateral spread and the land slumping the road leading to this bridge has moved down greatly. Just imagine making the street lamps upright and how much that section of road would rise up at the end. When you go over bridges in the east side of Christchurch it is quite a climb up and a big drop down on the other side. The bridges in most cases coped very well, but not so the land leading to them".

What Happens When You Have a Saggy Bottom

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A fence along the side of the Avon River near the Retour Restaurant has broken and is leaning towards the river. The photographer comments, "After the Christchurch earthquakes the land moved towards the river Avon and in a lot of places buildings and walls sagged down in the direction of the waterway".

Christchurch Press Image: Richard Cosgrove, 2011:02:27 15:33:06

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. Damage in Richmond. Locals explore extreme lateral spreads in River Road".

Christchurch Press Image: Richard Cosgrove, 2011:02:27 15:27:41

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. Damage in Richmond. Locals explore extreme lateral spreads in River Road".

Christchurch Press Image: Richard Cosgrove, 2011:02:27 15:29:09

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. Damage in Richmond. Locals explore extreme lateral spreads in River Road".

Christchurch Press Image: Richard Cosgrove, 2011:02:27 15:30:18

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. Damage in Richmond. Locals explore extreme lateral spreads in River Road".

Christchurch Press Image: Richard Cosgrove, 2011:02:27 15:30:32

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. Damage in Richmond. Locals explore extreme lateral spreads in River Road".

Christchurch Press Image: Richard Cosgrove, 2011:02:27 15:31:25

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. Damage in Richmond. Locals explore extreme lateral spreads in River Road".

Christchurch Press Image: Richard Cosgrove, 2011:02:27 15:30:00

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. Damage in Richmond. Locals explore extreme lateral spreads in River Road".

Christchurch Press Image: Richard Cosgrove, 2011:02:27 15:31:44

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. Damage in Richmond. Locals explore extreme lateral spreads in River Road".

Christchurch Press Image: Richard Cosgrove, 2011:02:27 15:27:51

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. Damage in Richmond. Locals explore extreme lateral spreads in River Road".

Christchurch Press Image: Richard Cosgrove, 2011:02:27 15:33:36

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. Damage in Richmond. Locals explore extreme lateral spreads in River Road".

Christchurch Press Image: Richard Cosgrove, 2011:02:27 15:28:53

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. Damage in Richmond. Locals explore extreme lateral spreads in River Road".

Christchurch Press Image: Richard Cosgrove, 2011:02:27 15:33:29

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. Damage in Richmond. Locals explore extreme lateral spreads in River Road".

Diabetes Centre Photograph 087

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A photograph of a room in the Diabetes Centre. Boxes and files have fallen off the bookcases and spread out across the floor.

Diabetes Centre Photograph 088

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A photograph of a room in the Diabetes Centre. Boxes and files have fallen off the bookcases and spread out across the floor.

Photograph number UC 11-0201-06

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Misko Cubrinovski, Civil Engineer, photographed with liquefaction and lateral spreading on Oxford Terrace. Misko's area is geotechnical earthquake engineering and foundation engineering, and he will feature in a UC in the News pull out supplement inThe Press.

Canta July 1971

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A scanned copy of a double-page spread from an issue of Canta published in April 1971. The pages feature the plans for an extension to the Students' Association building.

Vulnerability to Seismic Hazards in Coastal and Riverside Communities, map…

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A flow chart depicting potential hazards earthquakes pose to coastal geography.

Christchurch Press Image: Richard Cosgrove 2010:09:06 14:43:57

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Huriaa Martin plays on Singstar at the Linwood Welfare Centre set up in the Linwood College Hall. Her extended family of 31 spread across four houses have all been accommodated at the centre after their houses were condemned".

Christchurch Press Image: Richard Cosgrove 2010:09:06 14:44:56

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Huriaa Martin plays on Singstar at the Linwood Welfare Centre set up in the Linwood College Hall. Her extended family of 31 spread across four houses have all been accommodated at the centre after their houses were condemned".

Christchurch Press Image: Richard Cosgrove 2010:09:06 14:44:16

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Huriaa Martin plays on SingStar at the Linwood Welfare Centre set up in the Linwood College Hall. Her extended family of 31 spread across four houses have all been accommodated at the centre after all their houses were condemned".

Christchurch Press Image: Richard Cosgrove 2010:09:06 14:44:38

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Huriaa Martin plays on SingStar at the Linwood Welfare Centre set up in the Linwood College Hall. Her extended family of 31 spread across four houses have all been accommodated at the centre after all their houses were condemned".

Christchurch Press Image: Richard Cosgrove 2010:09:06 14:44:20

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Huriaa Martin plays on Singstar at the Linwood Welfare Centre set up in the Linwood College Hall. Her extended family of 31 spread across four houses have all been accommodated at the centre after their houses were condemned".

Christchurch Press Image: Richard Cosgrove 2010:09:06 14:51:46

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Pritrica Martin helps out with sorting donated clothing and bedding at the Linwood Welfare Centre set up in the Linwood College Hall. Her extended family of 31 spread across four houses have all been accommodated at the centre after all their houses were condemned".

Christchurch Press Image: Richard Cosgrove 2010:09:06 14:51:45

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Pritrica Martin helps out with sorting donated clothing and bedding at the Linwood Welfare Centre set up in the Linwood College Hall. Her extended family of 31 spread across four houses have all been accommodated at the centre after all their houses were condemned".

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 167

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A photograph of a wire fence at the border of 406 Oxford Terrace. 406 Oxford Terrace is the former site of Donna Allfrey's house which was demolished after her land was zoned Red. In front of the fence, gravel has been spread over the ground.

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 170

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A photograph of a wire fence that has been placed at the border of 406 Oxford Terrace. 406 Oxford Terrace is the former site of Donna Allfrey's house which was demolished after her land was zoned Red. Behind the fence, gravel has been spread over the ground.

Romeo, Get Off That Balcony!

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A two-storey house in Avonside Drive with a warped upper balcony. The photographer comments, "This house is on Avonside Drive opposite the Avon River. The land in this area spread laterally and had bad liquefaction of the soil. This caused some houses to sink into the ground, but as the balcony supports did not sink as much the balcony came to rest at a crazy angle".

Looking Forward to a New Clay Bottom!

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A digitally manipulated photograph of the bottom of Victoria Lake in Hagley Park. The photographer comments, "After the Christchurch earthquake in February 2011, Victoria Lake suffered some cracking which broke the previous clay seal. The lake has now been excavated so that the new clay seal can be spread out and flattened ready to be filled again with water. The red pile is the clay and in the background is the grey silt or liquefaction that spewed into the lake from cracks in the lake bed".