The claw of a digger. In the background is a stack of road cones. The photographer comments, "Digger Claw ready to start digging".
23 May 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-05-23-IMG_2898 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
23 May 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-05-23-IMG_2899 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Colombo Street".
A photograph of a building being demolished on Victoria Street.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view of the south-west corner of Armagh and Madras Streets".
A photograph of a digger clearing a demolition site on Manchester Street.
A photograph of a digger clearing rubble from a demolished building on Manchester Street.
A photograph of a digger clearing a demolition site on Manchester Street.
A photograph of a digger clearing rubble from a demolished building on Manchester Street.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Loading the remains of 107 Manchester Street into a demolition truck. The water is to keep the dust down.".
A photograph of a building being demolished on High Street.
A photograph of a building being demolished on Victoria Street.
A photograph of a building being demolished on Victoria Street.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Victoria Street. A giant vibrating pair of nibblers makes easy work of demolishing a reinforced concrete building. This section of wall was reduced to rubble in about two minutes".
A photograph of a building being demolished on Victoria Street.
A photograph of Armagh Street, looking west from the Madras Street intersection.
A photograph of the intersection of Armagh Street and Madras Street, looking south west.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "High Street. Keeping down the dust during demolition".
A photograph of demolition equipment in front of the Crowne Plaza hotel.
A photograph of demolition equipment in front of the Crowne Plaza hotel.
A photograph of a digger clearing a demolition site on Manchester Street.
A photograph of a digger clearing rubble from a demolished building on Manchester Street.
A photograph of a building being demolished on High Street.
A photograph of a building being demolished on High Street.
A photograph of a building being demolished in Victoria Street.
A photograph of a building being demolished on High Street.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A huge digger, nearly as tall as the nearby four-storey building".
A photograph of a building being demolished on Victoria Street.
A photograph of a building being demolished on Victoria Street.