Telegraph Road in Charing Cross, where the earthquake has shifted the road four metres to the right.
Telegraph Road in Charing Cross, where the earthquake has shifted the road four metres to the right.
A photograph of a paddock near Telegraph Road in Darfield.
A photograph of surface flooding on Telegraph Road in Darfield.
Photos taken in Lyttelton following the February 22 earthquake. File ref: CCL-2011-03-05-After-The-Earthquake-P1110582 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries
A photograph of fault ruptures through a tree plantation on Telegraph Road in Darfield.
A photograph of fault ruptures through a tree plantation on Telegraph Road in Darfield.
A photograph of fault ruptures through a tree plantation on Telegraph Road in Darfield.
A photograph of damage to fencing at a farm near Telegraph Road in Darfield.
A photograph of major cracks in the ground at a farm near Telegraph Road in Darfield.
A photograph of major cracks in the ground at a farm near Telegraph Road in Darfield.
A photograph of major cracks in the ground at a farm near Telegraph Road in Darfield.
A photograph of a crack in the ground at a farm near Telegraph Road in Darfield.
A photograph of damage to the ground and fencing at a farm near Telegraph Road in Darfield.
A photograph of damage to the ground and fencing at a farm near Telegraph Road in Darfield.
A photograph of damage to the ground and fencing at a farm near Telegraph Road in Darfield.
A photograph of damage to the ground and fencing at a farm near Telegraph Road in Darfield.
A photograph of a hedge near Telegraph road in Darfield. The unevenness is a result of the earthquake.
A photograph of a close up view of a fault rupture through a tree plantation on Telegraph Road in Darfield.
A digital copy of a pen and ink and watercolour painting by Raymond Morris, titled, 'Duvauchelle Post and Telegraph Office'.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "A milk tanker on Telegraph Road crosses the fault line west of Burnham after Saturday's earthquake".
Repairing the bush telegraph File Ref: CCL-2011-03-17-St Albans-IMG_0380 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Repairing the bush telegraph File Ref: CCL-2011-03-17-St Albans-IMG_0379 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
A photograph of a close up view of damage to the ground and fencing at a farm near Telegraph Road in Darfield.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Canterbury earthquake. Farmer Tim McNae on Telegraph Road with the generator he needs to milk his cows".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Canterbury earthquake. People look at what was once a straight section of Telegraph Road that moved sideways by 3 metres".
Written by Helen Solomons In 1879, my great grandfather, Mortimer Cashman Corliss, was promoted to head telegraphist in Christchurch’s newly built Post and Telegraph Office in Cathedral Squar…
Telegraph Road was a straight road before the recent 7.1 magnitude earthquake. The fault ran right through here and now the road has a dramatic kink in it.
The faultline cuts across Telegraph Road, leaving a kink in its originally straight alignment; aftermath of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in mid-Canterbury on Saturday 4 September 2010.
The faultline cuts across Telegraph Road, leaving a kink in its originally straight alignment; aftermath of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in mid-Canterbury on Saturday 4 September 2010.