Aftermath of Sept 4th Earthquake
Shipping containers against the cliff on the road to Sumner, Christchurch.
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From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Shipping containers against the cliff on the road to Sumner, Christchurch.
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From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Shipping containers against the cliff on the road to Sumner, Christchurch.
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From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Dirt spilling over a collapsed retaining wall on Main Road in Redcliffs.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Houses on Richmond Hill Road in Sumner, now close to the edge of the cliff".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Decorated container on Main Road to Sumner".
Shipping containers against the cliff on the road to Sumner, Christchurch.
File reference: CCL-2012-05-12-Around-Sumner-May-2012 DSC_012.JPG
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Reinforcement steel protrudes from a bank which is supporting a walkway on Sumner Road. Excavators are lined up on the left-hand side of the road. A sign reading, 'Rebuilding for our future' hangs on the security fence.
A retaining wall on Sumner Road in Lyttelton that is made from local volcanic stone. A section of the wall has collapsed during the 22 February 2011 earthquake, and the bricks cleared away since. A road cone has been placed by the slip to warn drivers.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "2 Sumner Road, from Oxford Street, Lyttelton".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Decorated container on Main Road to Sumner".
A damaged substation on Sumner Road in Lyttelton. The crack runs through the brickwork on the upper right-hand side and some of the bricks are missing.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Decorated containers in Sumner".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Rockfall on Sumner Road".
A row of shipping containers protecting the road from rockfall from the cliff above Peacock's Gallop.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A demolition site on the corner of Oxford Street and Sumner Road. The area is given a Lyttelton-style makeover with wild flowers and triceratops".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Protective wall of containers along the Main Road, Sumner".
A view down Wakefield Avenue, showing the Sumner Borough Council building surrounded by road cones. Shipping containers have also been placed around the building to protect road users from falling debris.
A view down London Street in Lyttelton, looking west from the corner of Oxford Terrace and Sumner Road. Wire fencing has been placed down the right side of the street as a cordon and a road sign has been placed at the entrance reading, "Road closed".
A collapsed stone wall on Main Road in Redcliffs. The house it belongs to has been red-stickered.
Shipping containers protect the road from rockfall in Sumner. One of the containers has been spray-painted, "Sumner rocks".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Rock falls on Sumner Road".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Start of Great Wall of Sumner".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Start of Great Wall of Sumner".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Start of Great Wall of Sumner".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Art work decoration on a shipping container, Main Road, Sumner".
A footpath on Sumner Road in Lyttelton. A low wall made from local volcanic stone has been demolished to the right. The land beyond the footpath has been cordoned off. Below Lyttelton Harbour can be seen, with Mount Evans in the background.
Ferry Road, heading towards Redcliffs and Sumner.
A temporary retaining wall on Sumner Road in Lyttelton. The concrete moulds for the wall are filled with rocks and stones. Black tarpaulins have been placed over the top section of the wall.
