Aftermath of Sept 4th Earthquake
A graphic for an article about the status of Sumner Road and Evans Pass Road.
The road at the base of Scarborough Hill. The road goes from Sumner over the hill to Taylor's Mistake.
Cracking below the window of the former Lyttelton Fire Station and Public Library. The photographer comments, "The building at 2 Sumner Road has been sadly damaged by the quake. I was unsure of its future, but now this building has been demolished".
Part of the container wall to stop rock falls on Main Road, Sumner.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "The road between Sumner and Lyttelton reopens after quake damage".
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Houses above Main Road, Sumner.
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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage to property corner Oxford Street and Sumner Road, Lyttelton".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Police at the scene where a builder died in a rockfall, Nayland Road, Sumner".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Police at the scene where a builder died in a rockfall, Nayland Road, Sumner".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Sumner residents drove up towards Summit Road for fear of a tsunami".
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Houses teetering on the edge of the cliff above Sumner, which collapsed, taking one house with it. Below, a line of shipping containers protect the road from falling rocks.
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The Lyttelton side of Evans Pass is closed (since the earthquake 23 months ago - 22/02/11). Prior to the road tunnel (through the Port Hills) opening in the early 1960s this was the main access road to the port of Lyttelton.
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What more can one say except that Shag Rock is now about one third it's original height. Whitewash Head in the background with the road that now drops over a cliff.
Part of a house that fell can be seen on the rocks above right hand containers.
