Water and liquefaction flows into the Avon River in Richmond. The water level is very high, and the water is cloudy with silt. The photographer comments, "Water from Dudley Creek took a shortcut across the road into the Avon. It doesn't have much of a drop from the road to the river".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Avonside Drive. Building up the Avon River stop banks".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Avonside Drive. Building up the Avon River stop banks".
A photograph of the gravel flood banks built on the banks of the Avon River.
A photograph of the gravel flood banks built on the banks of the Avon River.
Our City O-Tautahi surrounded by bracing and scaffolding, seen from across the Avon river.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Avon Bridal store at 213 Durham Street.
A photograph of the gravel flood banks built on the banks of the Avon River.
A photograph of the gravel flood banks built on the banks of the Avon River.
The twisted and broken Medway Street bridge, over a flooded and silt-laden Avon River.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Building stop banks along the Avon River in Avonside Drive".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Provincial Council Chambers, viewed from across the Avon River".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking over Whitewash Head to Sumner and the Avon Estuary".
The Clarendon Tower viewed from Cambridge Terrace, across the Avon River near the Worcester Street Bridge.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake. Avon River".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Looking in through a broken window of the Oxford On Avon, Colombo Street. It's really hard to see here in a 2 dimensional photo, but the floor has been pushed up into a huge mound about 60cm high".
An aerial photograph of Bangor Street in central Christchurch. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Avon Loop. Some of this is zoned green and the land to the right of Bangor Street is zoned orange (plus the piece above Willow Street)".
Workers preparing materials for a new bridge over the Avon from University Drive to the Recreation Centre.
Workers preparing materials for a new bridge over the Avon from University Drive to the Recreation Centre.
An uprooted tree near the Avon River. The tree has fallen into a shipping container beside it.
Sandbags laid along the banks of the Avon River, prior to building up the banks with gravel.
Silt build-up in the Avon River. The photographer comments, "River Rd, Richmond, near Swanns Rd bridge".
A view over the Avon River looking towards the opposite bank, which has slumped towards the river.
The start of the New Brighton Jubilee River Walk, next to the Avon River and the Estuary.
Sandbags laid along the banks of the Avon River, prior to building up the banks with gravel.
Workers preparing materials for a new bridge over the Avon from University Drive to the Recreation Centre.
Large cracks in the footpath of Cambridge Terrace where the road is slumping towards the Avon River.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Oxford Terrace".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Apartments at 440 Oxford Terrace".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Hurley Street".