Digital Photograph: Earthquake damage to Lyttelton Cenotaph on Simeon Quay, Lyttelton

Maker
Michael Davies
Production date
12 March 2011
 Description
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 12 March 2011 showing earthquake damage to the Lyttelton Cenotaph on Simeon Quay. The unstable top of the memorial has been deconstructed and is visible on the surrounding grass, a plastic tarpaulin has been used to cover the top of the newly exposed stonework and a temporary fence has been erected around the edge of the reserve.
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Maker
Production place
Lyttelton/Christchurch/Canterbury/South Island/New Zealand
Collecting unit
Pictorial
Production role
Photographer
Researcher comments/remarks
The Lyttelton War Memorial, erected in 1923 at the intersection of London and Oxford Streets, was moved to Simeon Quay (pictured) in 1934 because its location in the centre of the road became a traffic hazard. In September 2013 it was announced that it would be moved again to the new Lyttelton civic square being created by the Christchurch City Council on the corner of London and Canterbury Streets. The Simeon Quay site was further damaged by a large landslide during heavy rain in 2012 and had become difficult to access due to traffic near the road tunnel.
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Associated place
Lyttelton/Christchurch/Canterbury/South Island/New Zealand
Associated place notes
Simeon Quay
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
DSCF0545
Accession number
2013.17.61

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