Townsend Telescope: Part Photograph 62

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A photograph of the clock drive from the Townsend Telescope. Many of the plates around the clock drive broke off during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

Townsend Telescope: Part Photograph 63

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A photograph of the clock drive from the Townsend Telescope. Many of the plates around the clock drive broke off during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

Townsend Telescope: Part Photograph 07

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A photograph of the clock pulley from the Townsend Telescope.

Townsend Telescope: Part Photograph 46

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A photograph of the weight for the clock drive from the Townsend Telescope. The weight was chipped and scratched during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

Townsend Telescope: Part Photograph 61

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A photograph of two clock gears from the Townsend Telescope.

Townsend Telescope: Part Photograph 60

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A photograph of two clock gears from the Townsend Telescope.

Townsend Telescope: Part Photograph 58

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A photograph of the side plate from the clock drive of the Townsend Telescope.

Townsend Telescope: Part Photograph 10

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A photograph of the top cover of the clock from the Townsend Telescope. Parts of the cover were bent out of shape during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

Townsend Telescope Pre-Earthquake Photographs 06

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A photograph of the clock drive of the Townsend Telescope. The telescope is in the Observatory at the Christchurch Arts Centre. This image was used by Graeme Kershaw, Technician at the University of Canterbury Department of Physics and Astronomy, to identify the telescope's parts after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

Central City Tour, 4 April 2011 - Photograph 47

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The clock tower at the Arts Centre supported by steel and wooden bracing to prevent further damage.

Townsend Telescope Pre-Earthquake Photographs 02

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A photograph of the Townsend Telescope in the Observatory at the Christchurch Arts Centre. In the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph is a pulley for the telescope's clock drive. This is one of the pieces that went missing when the Observatory tower collapsed in the 22 February 2011 earthquake. This image was used by Graeme Kershaw, Technician at the University of Canterbury Department of Physics and Astronomy, to identify the telescope's parts after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

Central City Tour, 4 April 2011 - Photograph 48

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The clock tower at the Arts Centre supported by steel and wooden bracing to prevent further damage. The photographer comments, "A bike ride around the CBD. Arts Centre".

Townsend Telescope: Part Photograph 47

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A photograph of the declinator axle and counterweight from the Townsend Telescope. The axle broken off from the weight during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

Townsend Telescope: Part Photograph 11

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A photograph of the earthquake-damaged output shaft from the top-plate of the Townsend Telescope's clock drive. The output shaft was bent out of shape during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.

Townsend Telescope: Part Photograph 42

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A close-up photograph of the damage to the support arm of the clock hour setting circle from the Townsend Telescope. The arm was bent out of shape during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.