Liquefaction erupted throughout the city during each of the major earthquakes. It had to be cleared and everyone piled it onto the roadside, where it was eventually picked up by City Council trucks. The fine dust permeated the air for weeks, driving many to wear dust masks while outside.
Pile of bricks gathered from a fallen chimney at a residential property.
A pile of fence posts and bricks from the footpath piled in the gutter on Charles Street in Kaiapoi.
Liquefaction piled on the sides of a road in north-east Christchurch. The liquefaction has been dug out of the properties and piled on the side of the road to be collected by road maintenance contractors.
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 18 November 2011 entitled, "It must be November cause the Works in Progress pile has gone CRAZY...".
This is a temporary pile of silt piled on the old Bexley landfill sight. Some trucks are addng to the pile, while other truck and trailer units are taking it away to the old Bottle Lake landfill sight, a few km to the north of here.
A misaligned brick wall in front of a property with silt still piled up around it. During the earthquake, liquefaction drove silt to the surface where it erupted out of the ground like a volcano and formed a pile like the one seen here.
A pile of bricks from a damaged house.
Pile of cement blocks on a demolition site.
A photograph of a pile of liquefaction amongst grass.
A photograph of a pile of liquefaction amongst grass.
A pile of rubble on Maling Street in Avonside.
A photograph of a pile of liquefaction in Hagley Park.
A pile of pipes and cables outside the Town hall.
Silt from liquefaction piled on the side of Ferry Road.
Liquefaction silt piled along the sides of a residential street.
A pile of bricks on the side of the road.
A photograph of a pile of rubble on High Street.
The sewage treatment ponds in Bromley. In the distance trucks and diggers can be seen piling up liquefaction silt. The photographer comments, "Looking NW from the causeway through the sewage wetlands. Mountains of liquefaction silt are being piled up near the corner of Breezes Rd and SH74-Anzac Drive".
A stack of concrete blocks removed from a building.
A pile of rubble from the Strategy building on Montreal Street.
A pile of rubble from the Strategy building on Montreal Street.
A pile of rubble from the Strategy building on Montreal Street.
A photograph of a pile of scrap metal and general rubbish.
An excavator bunching up scrap metal as part of efforts to clear the site of the demolished Hillary and Marshall Limited building on Manchester Street. A pile of scrapped wooden components can be seen at the back of the site, and a pile of masonry is visible in the foreground.
A photograph of an earthquake damaged house. USAR teams have spray-painted a message on the side of the house. The message reads, "Pile cleared by dogs, 4 March". To the left, a pile of rubble is lying next to the house.
A photograph of an earthquake damaged house. USAR teams have spray-painted a message on the side of the house. The message reads, "Pile cleared by dogs, 4 march". To the left, a pile of rubble is lying next to the house.
A photograph of an earthquake damaged house. A USAR team has spray-painted a message on the side of the house. The message reads, "Pile cleared by dogs, 4 March". To the left, a pile of rubble is lying next to the house.
A pile of crushed cars near the site of the CTV Building.
A photograph of an excavator next to a pile of demolition rubble.