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- Photographic Services Photograph 02
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- A photograph of Graeme Kershaw, Technician at the University of Canterbury Department of Physics and Astronomy, sitting among the damaged parts of the Townsend Telescope. The telescope was damaged during the 22 February 2011 earthquake, when the Observatory tower at the Christchurch Arts Centre collapsed. Kershaw has been given the task of restoring the telescope. In this photograph he is holding the telescope's clock drive.
- Creator(s)
- University of Canterbury Photographic Services
- Date
- 11:14pm 4th November 2014
- Tags
- Townsend Telescope, Graeme Kershaw, restoration, telescope, clock drive, astronomy, Local Heritage
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- Photographic Services Photograph 03
- dc.description
- A photograph of Graeme Kershaw, Technician at the University of Canterbury Department of Physics and Astronomy, sitting among the damaged parts of the Townsend Telescope. The telescope was damaged during the 22 February 2011 earthquake, when the Observatory tower at the Christchurch Arts Centre collapsed. Kershaw has been given the task of restoring the telescope. In this photograph he is holding the telescope's clock drive.
- Creator(s)
- University of Canterbury Photographic Services
- Date
- 11:15pm 4th November 2014
- Tags
- Townsend Telescope, Graeme Kershaw, restoration, telescope, clock drive, astronomy, Local Heritage
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- Photographic Services Photograph 07
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- A photograph of Graeme Kershaw, Technician at the University of Canterbury Department of Physics and Astronomy, scratching his head as he looks at the damaged clock drive of the Townsend Telescope. The telescope was damaged during the 22 February 2011 earthquake, when the Observatory tower at the Christchurch Arts Centre collapsed. Kershaw has been given the task of restoring the telescope.
- Creator(s)
- University of Canterbury Photographic Services
- Date
- 11:17pm 4th November 2014
- Tags
- Townsend Telescope, Graeme Kershaw, restoration, telescope, clock drive, astronomy, Local Heritage
- dc.title
- Photographic Services Photograph 04
- dc.description
- A photograph of Graeme Kershaw, Technician at the University of Canterbury Department of Physics and Astronomy, sitting among the damaged parts of the Townsend Telescope. The telescope was damaged during the 22 February 2011 earthquake, when the Observatory tower at the Christchurch Arts Centre collapsed. Kershaw has been given the task of restoring the telescope. In this photograph he is holding the telescope's clock drive.
- Creator(s)
- University of Canterbury Photographic Services
- Date
- 11:15pm 4th November 2014
- Tags
- Townsend Telescope, Graeme Kershaw, restoration, telescope, clock drive, astronomy, Local Heritage
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- 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.
- Creator(s)
- Dale Kershaw
- Date
- 12:45pm 2nd July 2008
- Tags
- Townsend Telescope, Christchurch Arts Centre, Observatory, clock drive, Local Heritage
- dc.title
- Photographic Services Photograph 05
- dc.description
- A photograph of Graeme Kershaw, Technician at the University of Canterbury Department of Physics and Astronomy, sitting among the damaged parts of the Townsend Telescope. The telescope was damaged during the 22 February 2011 earthquake, when the Observatory tower at the Christchurch Arts Centre collapsed. Kershaw has been given the task of restoring the telescope. In this photograph he is holding the telescope's clock drive. In the foreground there is a plaque reading, "The equatorial telescope and accessories in this observatory were presented to Canterbury College by James Townsend Esq. 1891. A large contribution towards the erection of the tower was made by the Canterbury Astronomical Society".
- Creator(s)
- University of Canterbury Photographic Services
- Date
- 11:15pm 4th November 2014
- Tags
- Townsend Telescope, Graeme Kershaw, restoration, telescope, clock drive, plaque, James Townsend, Canterbury College, Canterbury Astronomical Society, astronomy, Local Heritage
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- 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.
- Creator(s)
- Dale Kershaw
- Date
- 12:45pm 2nd July 2008
- Tags
- Townsend Telescope, Christchurch Arts Centre, Observatory, pulley, clock drive, Local Heritage
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- 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.
- Date
- 3:07pm 18th April 2011
- Tags
- Townsend Telescope, telescope, weight, clock drive weight, clock drive, Local Heritage
- dc.title
- Photographic Services Photograph 06
- dc.description
- A photograph of Graeme Kershaw, Technician at the University of Canterbury Department of Physics and Astronomy, sitting among the damaged parts of the Townsend Telescope. The telescope was damaged during the 22 February 2011 earthquake, when the Observatory tower at the Christchurch Arts Centre collapsed. Kershaw has been given the task of restoring the telescope. In this photograph he is holding the telescope's clock drive. In the foreground there is a plaque reading, "The equatorial telescope and accessories in this observatory were presented to Canterbury College by James Townsend Esq. 1891. A large contribution towards the erection of the tower was made by the Canterbury Astronomical Society".
- Creator(s)
- University of Canterbury Photographic Services
- Date
- 11:17pm 4th November 2014
- Tags
- Townsend Telescope, Graeme Kershaw, restoration, telescope, clock drive, plaque, James Townsend, Canterbury College, Canterbury Astronomical Society, astronomy, Local Heritage
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- 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.
- Date
- 2:56pm 19th April 2011
- Tags
- Townsend Telescope, telescope, clock, clock drive, Local Heritage
- dc.title
- Photographic Services Photograph 01
- dc.description
- A photograph of Graeme Kershaw, Technician at the University of Canterbury Department of Physics and Astronomy, sitting among the damaged parts of the Townsend Telescope. The telescope was damaged during the 22 February 2011 earthquake, when the Observatory tower at the Christchurch Arts Centre collapsed. Kershaw has been given the task of restoring the telescope. In this photograph he is holding the telescope's clock drive.
- Creator(s)
- University of Canterbury Photographic Services
- Date
- 11:14pm 4th November 2014
- Tags
- Townsend Telescope, Graeme Kershaw, restoration, telescope, clock drive, astronomy, Local Heritage
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- 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.
- Date
- 3:08pm 18th April 2011
- Tags
- Townsend Telescope, telescope, weight, declinator axle, axle, clock drive, Local Heritage
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- 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.
- Date
- 2:49pm 19th April 2011
- Tags
- Townsend Telescope, telescope, clock, clock drive, Local Heritage