Norwich Quay telegraph office plaque

Images, eqnz.chch.2010

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

St Albans

Images, eqnz.chch.2010

Repairing the bush telegraph File Ref: CCL-2011-03-17-St Albans-IMG_0380 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.

St Albans

Images, eqnz.chch.2010

Repairing the bush telegraph File Ref: CCL-2011-03-17-St Albans-IMG_0379 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.

Telephone Girls, The Telegraph and Post Office, Cathedral Square

Articles, Lost Christchurch

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…

St Albans

Images, eqnz.chch.2010

A little spot of coffee and cheerfulness plus a man up the mast repairing the "bush telegraph" File Ref: CCL-2011-03-17-St Albans-IMG_0387 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.

Digital Photograph: Earthquake Damage to Old Post Office Building on Norwi…

Images, Canterbury Museum

One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 27 April 2011 showing damage to the Old Post Office Building on the corner of Norwich Quay and Oxford Street. The old Telegraph office located beside the Old Post Office and the Timeball Station are also visible. Architect As Lyttelton's first main street, Norwich Quay was the site of many early g...