A video of an excavator demolishing the clock tower of the former railway station on Moorhouse Avenue.
View of the Victoria Clock Tower on Victoria Street. The time on the clock's face is stopped at the time of the February earthquake.
The Edmonds clock tower, on the corner of Madras St and Oxford Tce.
The Edmonds clock tower, on the corner of Madras Street and Oxford Terrace.
Detail of the Edmonds clock tower, on the corner of Madras St and Oxford Tce.
Detail of the Edmonds clock tower, on the corner of Madras St and Oxford Tce.
Clock tower on Victoria St stopped at the time of the 22nd February earthquake.
Detail of the clock tower on the former railway station building on Moorhouse Avenue at the bottom of Madras Street.
Victoria Mansons and the Clock tower on Victoria St which is stopped at the time of the February 22nd earthquake.
A digitally manipulated image of diggers sitting on top of rubble beside the old Railway Station. The photographer comments, "Which one will be buried 6 foot under?".
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