Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Clock tower at the old railway station, now Science Alive, stopped at time of the earthquake and won't be fixed until after the shocks stop".
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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Mayor Bob Parker checks his watch before starting the earthquake-stopped clock at Science Alive".
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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Clock tower on Victoria Street stopped at the time of the earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Clock tower on Victoria Street stopped at the time of the earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Major earthquake hits Christchurch. Clock tower on Victoria Street stopped at the time of the earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Mayor Bob Parker and his wife, Jo Nicholls-Parker, start the earthquake-stopped clock at Science Alive".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Mayor Bob Parker and his wife, Jo Nicholls-Parker, start the earthquake-stopped clock at Science Alive".
The clock face on the left is showing the correct time. The clock face on the right stopped at the moment of the big earthquake in CHCH on Sept 4th at 4.25am. It stayed like that for a week until fixed. Interestingly that face has not shown the correct time since.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch mayor Bob Parker surveys the earthquake damage to the Science Alive/old train station building on Moorhouse Avenue. The clock tower has large cracks and the clock itself stopped at the time the earthquake hit".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch mayor Bob Parker surveys the earthquake damage to the Science Alive/old train station building on Moorhouse Avenue. The clock tower has large cracks and the clock itself stopped at the time the earthquake hit".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch mayor Bob Parker surveys the earthquake damage to the Science Alive/old train station building on Moorhouse Avenue. The clock tower has large cracks and the clock itself stopped at the time the earthquake hit".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The old railway station clock seems to have stopped at the same time as the very first earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker surveys the earthquake damage to the Science Alive building (previously the old train station) on Moorhouse Avenue. The clock tower has large cracks and the clock itself stopped at the time the earthquake hit".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker surveys the earthquake damage to the Science Alive building (previously the old train station) on Moorhouse Avenue. The clock tower has large cracks and the clock itself stopped at the time the earthquake hit".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker surveys the earthquake damage to the Science Alive building (previously the old train station) on Moorhouse Avenue. The clock tower has large cracks and the clock itself stopped at the time the earthquake hit".
I have always meant to go back here and get a shot without cars. thr facade of this building is so quaint iI loved it. Now too late