Extensive repairs being made to the sewerage infrastructure on Avonside Drive.
Extensive repairs being made to the sewerage infrastructure on Avonside Drive.
The north end of the Gayhurst Road bridge with buckled railings and torn up footpath now filled in.
Boarded up houses on Bowie Place.
Pomeroy's Brewery Inn on Kilmore Street viewed across the Avon River. The bar is green stickered meaning it safe to enter. As a brick building in this condition is fairly rare.
A crack next to the Avon River caused by the ground slumping after the 4 September earthquake. A blue pipe has been laid over the crack. Many kilometres of these temporary water pipes have been run overground in Avonside to supply houses with water.
One of many notices along Christchurch waterways, reading "Polluted water, please avoid contact, Christchurch City Council".
A photograph of road damage in Queensbury Street. The photographer says, "Many of the road disturbances are along the curb side requiring fill to level them".
Road damage between St Paul's School and Gayhurst Road bridge. The road has slumped near the curb, probably due to liquefaction.
Cracks along the footpath along Avonside Drive. In the distance workers are digging up the road. Road cones line the street and a "road closed" sign is visible.
The fixing of storm water drains on River Road in Avonside.
Cracking along the bottom of a house in Avonside Drive. The house has lifted a few centimetres off its foundations.
A twisted bridge on Avonside Drive.
The demolition site of a building on Gloucester Street. A digger sits on a pile of rubble. Tape with "Danger Keep Out" has been placed across the property.
A braced brick chimney on a house in Avonside.
A worker entering The Frame Workshop through a window on the second storey via a ladder. Fencing has been placed around the entrance to the building.
A collapsed building on Worcester Street near the Press Building.
The collapsed brick wall along the side of a house in Christchurch. A tarpaulin has been placed over a hole to prevent weather damage to the inside of the building. Ironically, it is being held down by bricks.
Telegraph Road in Charing Cross, where the earthquake has shifted the road four metres to the right.
St Mary & St Athanaslos Church on Edgeware Road. The gable at the front of the church has crumbled (as well as in the building behind). The bricks can still be seen along the ground.
Cracking along the pavement at Halswell Primary School. The ground has risen and fallen in places leaving an uneven surface where the children usually play.
The basement of a building in Kaiapoi, the ceiling collapsed in the corner. The top two stories of the building were structurally compromised and have been demolished.
St John's Church on Hereford Street with steel framework to stabilise the end wall.
A buckled bridge on Avonside Drive.
St John's Anglican Church in Hororata with a broken bell tower. Unfortunately the top fell through the church roof. A high fence topped with barbed wire has since been erected to keep the souvenir hunters away.
Damaged buildings along Manchester Street next to Struthers Lane. The front wall of one building has collapsed, exposing the inside. Scaffolding has been erected in front, as well as fencing and road cones cordoning the building off.
A footpath in Halswell where the pavement has cracked and uplifted due to liquefaction.
The sign outside the Provincial Chambers Buildings.
An area next to the river in Kaiapoi where workers previously dug trenches to fix the power and communication lines. They have now been fixed and the trenches have been filled in. A pile of dirt can still be seen.
The wooden foot bridge over the Kaiapoi River. Slumping between the abutments can be seen.