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dc.title: Townsend Telescope Pre-Earthquake Photographs 10
dc.description: A photograph 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 Pre-Earthquake Photographs 09
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 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 Pre-Earthquake Photographs 07
dc.description: A photograph of the middle section 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: 12:46pm 2nd July 2008
Tags: Townsend Telescope, Christchurch Arts Centre, Observatory, Local Heritage

dc.title: Townsend Telescope Pre-Earthquake Photographs 06
dc.description: 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: Townsend Telescope Pre-Earthquake Photographs 05
dc.description: A photograph of the Townsend Telescope 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, Local Heritage

dc.title: Townsend Telescope Pre-Earthquake Photographs 04
dc.description: A photograph of the Townsend Telescope in the Observatory at the Christchurch Arts Centre. Graeme Kershaw, Technician at the University of Canterbury Department of Astronomy and Physics, is standing to the left. This image was used by Kershaw 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, Local Heritage

dc.title: Townsend Telescope Pre-Earthquake Photographs 03
dc.description: A photograph of the Townsend Telescope 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, Local Heritage

dc.title: Townsend Telescope Pre-Earthquake Photographs 02
dc.description: 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

dc.title: Townsend Telescope Pre-Earthquake Photographs 01
dc.description: A photograph of Wayne Smith and Ken Vickery inside the Observatory at the Christchurch Arts Centre, taken in the 1970s. Smith and Vickery are pictured next to the Townsend Telescope, which they have just refurbished. No repair work was necessary during this process.
Creator(s): Graeme Kershaw
Tags: Townsend Telescope, Christchurch Arts Centre, Observatory, Wayne Smith, Kevin Vickery, Local Heritage

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