
A story submitted by Mike Williams to the QuakeStories website.
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 25 February 2011 showing earthquake damage to the corner of Canterbury and London Streets. The photograph is taken from Canterbury Street looking down hill. The buildings visible are The Volcano Restaurant, the Lyttelton Library, the Lyttelton Working Mens' Club (The Loons), and the Royal Hotel (o...
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 9 March 2011 showing earthquake damage to the Lyttelton Coffee Company Building on London Street. The photograph shows a fenced off section of the south side of London Street. Also visible in the photograph are the Lyttelton Four Square, and the gateway leading to the Wunderbar. Due to prior eart...
One portrait colour digital photograph taken on 19 April 2011 showing earthquake damage to the Catholic Church of St Joseph the Worker in Winchester Street Lyttelton. Photograph shows the southern end of church. The fencing erected around the Catholic Church of St Joseph the Worker shows the emphasis which was placed on public safety in the mon...
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 12 March 2011 showing earthquake damage to the Lyttelton Cenotaph on Simeon Quay. The unstable top of the memorial has been deconstructed and is visible on the surrounding grass, a plastic tarpaulin has been used to cover the top of the newly exposed stonework and a temporary fence has been erecte...
One portrait colour digital photograph taken on 25 September 2011 showing the demolition of the Catholic Church of St Joseph the Worker in Winchester Street Lyttelton. Photograph shows the Transepts, Sanctuary. The damage from the June 2011 aftershocks led to the demolition of the St Joseph Church 146 years after its opening in June 1865. The L...
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 15 June 2011 showing earthquake damage to the retaining wall on the northeast corner of Oxford and Exeter Streets. The wall was constructed from unreinforced blocks of local red volcanic rock held together with mortar. Retaining walls in Lyttelton were built of unreinforced soft volcanic stone in...
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 15 June 2011 showing earthquake damage to the former Canterbury Hotel and adjoining row of shops on Oxford Street. This photograph was taken on Oxford Street and shows the collapsed façade of the row of shops behind safety fencing, the interior of the building is exposed. Shadbolt House is visib...
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 15 June 2011 showing earthquake damage to the former Canterbury Hotel and adjoining row of shops on Oxford Street. This photograph was taken on Oxford Street and shows the collapsed façade of the row of shops behind safety fencing, the interior of the building is exposed. The design of many older...
The Lyttelton Harbour Information Centre's "Community Earthquake Update" bulletin, published on Friday 15 July 2011.
Damage to Bealey Pharmacy on the corner of Bealey Avenue and Colombo Street. The corner of the upper storey has collapsed into the shop below.
Damage to Bealey Pharmacy on the corner of Bealey Avenue and Colombo Street. The corner of the upper storey has collapsed into the shop below.
A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 8 July 2011
A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 9 September 2011
A copy of the CanCERN online newsletter published on 6 October 2011
A photograph of the earthquake damage to 90-92 Chester Street East.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake. A damaged church on Linwood Avenue".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake. A damaged church on Linwood Avenue".
A photograph of earthquake damage to a detail of the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of earthquake damage to a window of the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to Montgomery's Building on Colombo Street.
A photograph of earthquake damage to a window of the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of earthquake damage above a window of the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of earthquake damage to the roof of the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to 90-92 Chester Street East.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to 94-96 Chester Street East.
A photograph of earthquake damage to the roof of the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to 90-92 Chester Street East.
A photograph of earthquake damage to the roof of the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of earthquake damage to a detail of the Cranmer Centre.