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Christchurch Press Image: Don Scott 2010:09:09 12:58:20

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake cleanup in Dallington. Transport Minister Steven Joyce and other officials inspecting damage on Avonside Drive at Dallington".

Christchurch Press Image: Don Scott 2010:09:09 12:49:10

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake cleanup in Dallington. Transport Minister Steven Joyce and other officials inspecting damage on Avonside Drive at Dallington".

Christchurch Press Image: Don Scott 2010:09:09 12:47:58

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake cleanup in Dallington. Transport Minister Steven Joyce and other officials inspecting damage on Avonside Drive at Dallington".

Christchurch Press Image: Don Scott 2010:09:09 13:02:51

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake cleanup in Dallington. Transport Minister Steven Joyce and other officials inspecting damage on Avonside Drive at Dallington".

Christchurch Press Image: Don Scott 2010:09:09 12:47:43

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake cleanup in Dallington. Transport Minister Steven Joyce (right) and other officials inspecting damage on Avonside Drive at Dallington".

Christchurch Press Image: Don Scott 2010:09:09 12:48:27

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake cleanup in Dallington. Transport Minister Steven Joyce (2nd from left) and other officials inspecting dammage on Avonside drive at Dallington".

20131110_8308_EOS M-28 Lupins in the Red Zone

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Another empty Red Zone section. Avonside Drive, Dallington.

Avonside - this pumping station used to be level. This whole corner of the…

The result of the magnitude 7.1 Christchurch earthquake at 4.35am on September 4th 2010. Taken from Dallington Terrace looking towards Avonside Drive. This pumping station used to be level. When the tide is in that flax bush on the bend appears to be growing from the middle of the river, suggesting the land has slumped about a meter.

St Pauls Church - other end of building subsided by about 50 cm

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The base of the tower on the right of this picture has sunk about 25cm so that the lower course of bricks have disappeared below ground level. Meanwhile the other end of the building has sunk about 50cm splitting the building into thirds. The sand you can see is what came bubbling up out of the ground due to liquifaction. Unfortunately the build...

St Pauls school playground adjacent to church - that is not a wall at the …

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The line that runs across this picture is the subsidence line - everything this side of the line has sunk by about 50 cm.

St Pauls Church - tower has subsided about 25cm

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The base of the tower on the right of this picture has sunk about 25cm so that the lower course of bricks have disappeared below ground level. Meanwhile the other end of the building has sunk about 50cm splitting the building into thirds. The sand you can see is what came bubbling up out of the ground due to liquifaction. Unfortunately the build...

Sign now on many streets in the area

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As a way of reducing traffic - and hence damaging vibrations - many streets are partially blocked by these signs. Also many of them have a 30kph speed limit.

St Pauls church tower subsidence - first course of bricks no longer visible

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The base of the tower on the right of this picture has sunk so that the lower course of bricks have disappeared below ground level. The sand you can see is what came bubbling up out of the ground due to liquifaction.

slumping of bridge approach - River Road & Banks Ave

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The bridge on River Road just before the Banks Ave turn off. The bridge approach to the left subsided. Temporary repairs have been carried out but you can still see evidence of the amount of subsidence by the traffic island in the middle of the road.

St Pauls Church on Gayhurst Road Dallington

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The base of the tower on the right of this picture has sunk about 25cm so that the lower course of bricks have disappeared below ground level. Meanwhile the other end of the building has sunk about 50cm splitting the building into thirds. The sand you can see is what came bubbling up out of the ground due to liquifaction. Unfortunately the build...

Slumping alongside bridge - River Road and Banks Ave

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The bridge on River Road just before the Banks Ave turn off. Looking down at the Avon River side of the Shirley Stream bridge showing how much the ground has slumped by - notice the unpainted concrete now exposed.

Twisted Bridge

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Over the River

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One Month after the Christchurch Earthquake. The mangled remains of the pedestrian bridge over the river Avon Twitter | Facebook | My ...