Digital Photograph: Earthquake Damage to Old Post Office Building on Norwich Quay, Lyttelton

Maker
Michael Davies
Production date
27 April 2011
 Description
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 27 April 2011 showing damage to the Old Post Office Building on the corner of Norwich Quay and Oxford Street. The old Telegraph office located beside the Old Post Office and the Timeball Station are also visible.
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Maker
Production place
Lyttelton/Christchurch/Canterbury/South Island/New Zealand
Collecting unit
Pictorial
Production role
Photographer
Researcher comments/remarks
As Lyttelton's first main street, Norwich Quay was the site of many early government buildings. In this photograph the eastern wall of the Lyttelton Post Office (demolished September 2011) leans over the Lyttelton Telegraph Office. This building built in 1862 for the first public telegraph line in New Zealand connected the Port of Lyttelton with the City of Christchurch. In October 2013 the Telegraph Office (converted into a private residence) is one of three buildings left facing the town on the seaward side of State Highway 74 which runs through the Lyttelton Road Tunnel to the port.
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Associated place
Lyttelton/Christchurch/Canterbury/South Island/New Zealand
Associated place notes
Norwich Quay; Oxford 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
DSC03968
Accession number
2013.17.47

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The timeball station is also damaged.

- l

Posted on 23-05-2020 07:35:32

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