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dc.title: Observatory Tower Photograph 26
dc.description: A photograph of the rubble of the Observatory tower in the South Quad of the Christchurch Arts Centre. The tower collapsed during the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Scaffolding constructed around the tower has also collapsed and is amongst the rubble.
Creator(s): Graeme Kershaw
Date: 10:28pm 29th March 2011
Tags: Townsend Telescope, telescope, Observatory, tower, astronomy, Christchurch Arts Centre, rubble, 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

dc.title: Townsend Telescope: Part Photograph 47
dc.description: 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

dc.title: Townsend Telescope: Part Photograph 65
dc.description: A photograph of the object end of the finderscope from the Townsend Telescope. The finderscope was damaged during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Date: 2:58pm 19th April 2011
Tags: Townsend Telescope, telescope, finderscope, Local Heritage

dc.title: Townsend Telescope Visitors' Book Page 088
dc.description: A scan of page 88 of the Townsend Telescope Visitors' Book.
Date: 11:58am 14th December 2015
Tags: Townsend Telescope, visitors' book, University of Canterbury, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Local Heritage

dc.title: Townsend Telescope Visitors' Book Page 082
dc.description: A scan of page 82 of the Townsend Telescope Visitors' Book.
Date: 11:52am 14th December 2015
Tags: Townsend Telescope, visitors' book, University of Canterbury, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Local Heritage

dc.title: Townsend Telescope Pre-Earthquake Photographs 08
dc.description: A photograph of the middle section of the Townsend Telescope. The telescope is in the Observatory at the Christchurch Arts Centre. A plate on the side reads, "T Cook & Sons, 1864, York & London". 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: 12:47pm 2nd July 2008
Tags: Townsend Telescope, Christchurch Arts Centre, Observatory, Cooke, Local Heritage

dc.title: Townsend Telescope Visitors' Book Page 157
dc.description: A scan of page 159 of the Townsend Telescope Visitors' Book.
Date: 12:33pm 10th December 2015
Tags: Townsend Telescope, visitors' book, University of Canterbury, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Local Heritage

dc.title: Townsend Telescope Visitors' Book Page 102
dc.description: A scan of page 104 of the Townsend Telescope Visitors' Book.
Date: 12:11pm 14th December 2015
Tags: Townsend Telescope, visitors' book, University of Canterbury, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Local Heritage

dc.title: Townsend Telescope Visitors' Book Page 003
dc.description: A scan of page 3 of the Townsend Telescope Visitors' Book.
Date: 10:53am 10th December 2015
Tags: Townsend Telescope, visitors' book, University of Canterbury, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Local Heritage

dc.title: Townsend Telescope Visitors' Book Page 166
dc.description: A scan of page 168 of the Townsend Telescope Visitors' Book.
Date: 2:23pm 14th December 2015
Tags: Townsend Telescope, visitors' book, University of Canterbury, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Local Heritage

dc.title: Townsend Telescope: Part Photograph 62
dc.description: 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

dc.title: Townsend Telescope Visitors' Book Page 267
dc.description: A scan of page 270 of the Townsend Telescope Visitors' Book.
Date: 12:05pm 16th December 2015
Tags: Townsend Telescope, visitors' book, University of Canterbury, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Local Heritage

dc.title: Townsend Telescope: Part Photograph 24
dc.description: A photograph of a collimating ring from the Townsend Telescope.
Date: 3:51pm 15th April 2011
Tags: Townsend Telescope, telescope, collimating ring, collimation ring, Local Heritage

dc.title: Townsend Telescope Visitors' Book Page 229
dc.description: A scan of page 231 of the Townsend Telescope Visitors' Book.
Date: 2:28pm 10th December 2015
Tags: Townsend Telescope, visitors' book, University of Canterbury, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Local Heritage

dc.title: Townsend Telescope: Part Photograph 04
dc.description: A photograph of a collimating ring from the Townsend Telescope.
Date: 3:23pm 15th April 2011
Tags: Townsend Telescope, telescope, collimating ring, collimation ring, Local Heritage

dc.title: Townsend Telescope Visitors' Book Page 217
dc.description: A scan of page 219 of the Townsend Telescope Visitors' Book.
Date: 2:23pm 10th December 2015
Tags: Townsend Telescope, visitors' book, University of Canterbury, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Local Heritage

dc.title: Townsend Telescope Visitors' Book Page 013
dc.description: A scan of page 13 of the Townsend Telescope Visitors' Book.
Date: 10:57am 10th December 2015
Tags: Townsend Telescope, visitors' book, University of Canterbury, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Local Heritage

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