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dc.title: Photographic Services Photograph 07
dc.description: 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 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

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

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

dc.title: 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

dc.title: Townsend Telescope: Part Photograph 63
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: 2:56pm 19th April 2011
Tags: Townsend Telescope, telescope, clock, clock drive, 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 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

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