Digital Photograph: Earthquake damage to the Lyttelton Timeball Station.

Maker
Michael Davies
Production date
16 June 2011
 Description
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 16 June 2011 showing the eastern skyline of Lyttelton without the tower of the Timeball Station and Signal Mast. Part of the ground floor remains visible. The Holcim Cement Silos and Lyttelton Port of Christchurch log storage yard are visible in the foreground. Photograph taken from Oxford Street Overbridge.
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Maker
Production place
Lyttelton/Christchurch/Canterbury/South Island/New Zealand
Collecting unit
Pictorial
Production role
Photographer
Researcher comments/remarks
The 13 June 2011 earthquakes caused the collapse of the already damaged Lyttelton Timeball Station. After the 22 February earthquakes the New Zealand Historic Places Trust decided to deconstruct the badly damaged building to preserve its building materials for future reuse. This process was underway in June 2011, with workers suspended from a crane in a basket working on the building, when the first of two large earthquakes occurred. Despite the additional damage sustained in these aftershocks, the methodical deconstruction and site clearance continued. In May 2013 it was announced that a one million dollar donation had been made to help restore the tower of the 1876 landmark.
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Architect
Associated place
Lyttelton/Christchurch/Canterbury/South Island/New Zealand
Associated place notes
Reserve Terrace; Inner Harbour
Associated event
Earthquake 4 September 2010; 04 September 2010; Canterbury/South Island/New Zealand
Earthquake, 22 February 2011 Christchurch, New Zealand
Earthquake, 13 June 2011 Christchurch, New Zealand
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Damage caused
Damage caused
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
DSCF1086
Accession number
2013.17.93

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