Kim Wright WEMO Photograph 006

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A photograph of plastic sheeting draped over one of the side walls of Café Valentinos on Colombo Street.

Photograph number UC 10-0526-07

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Damaged building in the city centre is protected with plastic sheeting.

BeckerFraserPhotos September 2010 photograph 029

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A braced chimney on a house in Cashmere which has also been waterproofed with tarpaulins, plastic sheeting and blankets.

Nic Johns and Mark Osborne WEMO Photograph 059

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to R&R Sport on the corner of Colombo and Tuam Streets. Most of the side wall has crumbled, the bricks spilling onto the footpath below. Plywood and plastic sheeting has been used to weather proof the building. Wire fencing and road cones have been placed around the building as a cordon. A cherry picker is parked on the footpath in between the building and the fence.

UC Civil and Natural Resources Engineering Photograph 053

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A photograph of a house in Christchurch with an earthquake-damaged chimney. The chimney has crumbled, leaving a hole in the roof. The hole has been covered in plastic sheeting.

BeckerFraserPhotos September 2010 photograph 018

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A house on Dilworth Street in Riccarton. The chimney has crumbled, leaving bricks scattered on top of the roof. Plastic sheeting and blankets have been laid over the roof as weather proofing.

BeckerFraserPhotos October 2010 photograph 034

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A toppled chimney on a house in Christchurch. The chimney has toppled onto the house but luckily not broken through the roof. It is now broken and lying on the corrugated iron. Below, plastic sheeting has been placed along the side of the roof to replace the missing gutter.