Digital Photograph: Earthquake damage to St Joseph's Church, Winchester Street, Lyttelton

Maker
Michael Davies
Production date
25 February 2011
 Description
One portrait colour digital photograph taken on 25 February 2011 showing earthquake damage to the Catholic Church of St Joseph the Worker in Winchester Street Lyttelton. Photograph shows the main doors and roof at southern end of church.
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Maker
Production place
Lyttelton/Christchurch/Canterbury/South Island/New Zealand
Collecting unit
Pictorial
Production role
Photographer
Researcher comments/remarks
Nineteenth century stone buildings are particularly vulnerable to earthquake damage as the individual components of the building are not tied together strongly. This photograph of the Catholic Church of St Joseph the Worker shows that a large area of stone had been dislodged, causing the southern gable of the church to collapse, and leaving the roof with little support. Opened in 1865 the Church was designed by Mountfort and Bury and built from locally quarried stone.
Associated place
Lyttelton/Christchurch/Canterbury/South Island/New Zealand
Associated place notes
18 Winchester Street
Associated event
Earthquake, 22 February 2011 Christchurch, New Zealand
Associated event notes
Damage caused
Associated period
2011/2010s
Current rights
Creative Commons - CC BY-NC
Current rights code
Creative Commons - CC BY-NC
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Other id
DSC03537
Accession number
2013.17.13

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