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Container Love Close-Up
Images, eqnz.chch.2010
Container Love: shipping container decorated with knitted and crocheted squares. Sumner, Christchurch. File reference: CCL-2012-05-12-Around-Sumner-May-2012 DSC_031.JPG From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Paul on duty at the show
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File reference: CCL-2011-11-22-378725_10150525003098054_95658493053_10354724_499732666_n PODattheShow November2011 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Container Love Close-Up
Images, eqnz.chch.2010
Container Love: shipping container decorated with knitted and crocheted squares. Sumner, Christchurch. File reference: CCL-2012-05-12-Around-Sumner-May-2012 DSC_028.JPG From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Container Love Close-Up
Images, eqnz.chch.2010
Container Love: shipping container decorated with knitted and crocheted squares. Sumner, Christchurch. File reference: CCL-2012-05-12-Around-Sumner-May-2012 DSC_032.JPG From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Damage to the Canterbury Public Library building
Images, eqnz.chch.2010
File reference: CCL-2011-08-12-CanterburyPublic Library pre-demolition-012 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
removing the chimney
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The chimney busted right through the wooden beam holding up the roof. I'm told it may an alarming noise.
old iMac down
Images, eqnz.chch.2010
(It was already opened up mid-way through a repair. But it wasn't on the floor!)
sealing the roof
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Laura Young and I tying down tarps over the hole in the roof. We did what we could to tie it down with tension and weigh it down with bricks tied to the tarps. Why? Because gale-force winds are predicted for tomorrow (Sunday) and rain on Tuesday.
removing the chimney
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Laura and her neighbour getting the chimney down before it comes through their ceiling. Ominous cracks were growing in the ceiling.
Photograph by Paul Corliss 0993
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph of an earthquake-damaged house on Marine Parade in North Brighton. The front section of the house has collapsed, the rest buckled. The wall of the gable has also collapsed as well as part of the lower front wall. A red sticker in the window indicates that the building is unsafe to enter. A message has been spray painted on the front window, reading, "Roof tiles, $3 each". Police tape, a road cone and saw horses have been used to cordon off the house.
BeckerFraserPhotos April 2012 photograph 315
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A notice on the fence outside the CTV site on Madras Street. The notice reads, "Please respect this site. In recognition of the special significance this site holds for the people of our city and all those affected by the earthquakes, the Christchurch City Council is working with Canterbury Museum to preserve aspects of our remembering. Tributes may be left at this site. Older tributes will be removed for archiving by the Canterbury Museum to become part of the city's memory of the Canterbury Earthquakes. Organic materials will be composted and used in the city's gardens. Canterbury Museum. Christchurch City Council".
Unreinforced Masonry Churches in New Zealand Towards a Holistic Framework …
Research papers, University of Canterbury Library
Unreinforced masonry churches in New Zealand, similarly to everywhere else in the word have proven to be highly vulnerable to earthquakes, because of their particular construction features. The Canterbury (New Zealand) earthquake sequence, 2010-2011 caused an invaluable loss of local architectural heritage and of churches, as regrettably, some of them were demolished instead of being repaired. It is critical for New Zealand to advance the data collection, research and understanding pertaining to the seismic performance and protection of church buildings, with the aim to:
BeckerFraserPhotos March 2011 photograph 069
Images, UC QuakeStudies
The driveway of a property on Piwheriro Lane in Redcliffs. Large rocks from the surrounding bluffs are dotted along the driveway where they fell during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
BeckerFraserPhotos February 2011 photograph 284
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Damage to a gutter on Avonside Drive. The height difference between the two broken sections shows how the land has moved as a result of the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
Byron Williams WEMO Photograph 06
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A photograph of earthquake-damaged buildings along Manchester Street near Struthers Lane. The front of the buildings have crumbled, the bricks falling onto the footpath in front, damaging the awnings.
Townsend Telescope: Part Photograph 51
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph of the damage to the teeth of a gear from the worm gear drive of the Townsend Telescope. The gear was damaged during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Nic Johns and Mark Osborne WEMO Photograph 061
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph of the earthquake damage to R&R Sport on the corner of Colombo and Tuam Streets. Most of the side wall has crumbled, exposing the wooden structure beneath.
Townsend Telescope: Part Photograph 52
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph of the damage to the teeth of a gear from the worm gear drive of the Townsend Telescope. The gear was damaged during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Observatory Tower Photograph 31
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph of a crack in between the stairway and a column of the Physics Building at the Canterbury Arts Centre. The crack formed during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Townsend Telescope: Part Photograph 40
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A photograph of the hour angle setting circle from the Townsend Telescope. The left side of the support arm was bent out of shape during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
BeckerFraserPhotos November 2010 photograph 33
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A damaged property on Avonside Drive. Cracks can be seen running through the lawn. A woman is standing on a slab of concrete that has been raised by the earthquake.
WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 27
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A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team standing among broken furniture and rubble in the room of an earthquake-damaged house in Christchurch.
Jim Baltaxe WEMO Photograph 003
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A photograph of volunteers from the Wellington Emergency Management Office in Wellington Airport. The volunteers travelled to Christchurch after the 22 February 2011 earthquake to help with the emergency response.
Jim Baltaxe WEMO Photograph 008
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A photograph of technical equipment for One News outside the Christchurch Art Gallery. The art gallery was used as the temporary Civil Defence headquarters after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Ray Whelan WEMO Photograph 23
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A photograph of emergency management personnel at a temporary Civil Defence headquarters in Christchurch after the 4 September 2010 earthquake. The headquarters was set up in the Christchurch Art Gallery.
WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 152
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A photograph of the earthquake damage to St John's Church on Hereford Street. A section of the church has collapsed, breaking through the fence and onto the footpath in front.
Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2015:03:28 13:19:18)
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph of street art on a wall along Oxford Street in Lyttelton. The street art depicts buildings that were lost in Lyttelton after the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes.
Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2015:03:28 13:19:44)
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A photograph of street art on a wall along Oxford Street in Lyttelton. The street art depicts buildings that were lost in Lyttelton after the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes.
BeckerFraserPhotos September 2011 photograph 123
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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Arts Centre viewed from Rolleston Avenue. The street is busy with people gathering for The Big Hug on the anniversary of the September earthquake".
Ray Whelan WEMO Photograph 52
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A photograph of volunteers from the Wellington Emergency Management Office standing outside an earthquake damaged building on Lichfield Street. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.