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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 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
- Photographic Services Photograph 02
- 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
- 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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- BeckerFraserPhotos February 2013 photograph 139
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- Repair work being done to the Victoria Clock Tower on the corner of Montreal Street and Victoria Street.
- Date
- 5:47am 28th February 2013
- Tags
- clock tower, heritage building, stone, Victoria Street, Victoria Street Clock Tower
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- BeckerFraserPhotos February 2013 photograph 135
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- Repair work being done to the Victoria Clock Tower on the corner of Montreal Street and Victoria Street.
- Date
- 5:16am 28th February 2013
- Tags
- Victoria Street, Victoria Street Clock Tower
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- BeckerFraserPhotos February 2013 photograph 134
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- Repair work being done to the Victoria Clock Tower on the corner of Montreal Street and Victoria Street.
- Date
- 5:15am 28th February 2013
- Tags
- Victoria Street, Victoria Street Clock Tower
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- The Times They Are A-Changing
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- A wall clock with its glass broken. The photographer comments, "A very appropriate title as the numbers are not sequential and the clock has a very odd shape".
- Creator(s)
- Steven Taylor
- Date
- 7:04am 10th October 2012
- Tags
- clock, smashed, broken, Science Alive, railway station, Moorhouse Avenue
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- Fairfax Video, September 2012 (3)
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- A video of an excavator demolishing the clock tower of the former railway station on Moorhouse Avenue.
- Creator(s)
- Daniel Tobin
- Date
- 12:19am 5th September 2012
- Tags
- Moorhouse Avenue, railway station, clock tower, excavator, demolition, Media, Communications and Journalism
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- The Final Showdown
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- A digitally manipulated image of diggers sitting on top of rubble beside the old Railway Station. The photographer comments, "Which one will be buried 6 foot under?".
- Creator(s)
- Steven Taylor
- Date
- 4:27am 5th August 2012
- Tags
- excavator, digger, construction, de-construction, pile, rubble, stones, debris, track, caterpillar, Science Alive, Moorhouse Avenue, Sydenham, clock, clock tower, railway station, damage, demolish, knocked down
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- BeckerFraserPhotos June 2012 photograph 052
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- Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Victoria Street Clock Tower".
- Date
- 4:04am 5th June 2012
- Tags
- clock tower, Victoria Street
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- BeckerFraserPhotos June 2012 photograph 004
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- Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Edmonds Clock on Oxford Terrace looks quite unlike itself, but at least it is being protected while it is repaired".
- Date
- 12:22am 4th June 2012
- Tags
- Edmonds Clock Tower, heritage building, Madras Street, repair
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- BeckerFraserPhotos June 2012 photograph 005
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- Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Edmonds clock tower under repair".
- Date
- 12:22am 4th June 2012
- Tags
- Edmonds Clock Tower, heritage building, Madras Street, repair
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- Umut Akguzel Photograph 526
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- A photograph of the former railway station on Moorhouse Avenue taken from the Countdown car park. The clock tower has been boarded up with plywood, and the clock has stopped on the time of the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
- Creator(s)
- Umut Akguzel
- Date
- 4:14am 20th May 2012
- Tags
- railway station, Moorhouse Avenue, clock, clock tower, Community
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- BeckerFraserPhotos May 2012 photograph 110
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- Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "the Edmonds Clock Tower heavily braced. (time stopped at 12:51, the moment of the Feb 22, 2011 earthquake) (the tower has subsequently been partly deconstructed for repair )".
- Date
- 4:20am 3rd May 2012
- Tags
- Edmonds Clock Tower, Madras Street
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- BeckerFraserPhotos April 2012 photograph 084
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- Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Victoria Street".
- Date
- 6:20am 2nd April 2012
- Tags
- Victoria Street, Victoria Street Clock Tower
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- BeckerFraserPhotos April 2012 photograph 077
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- Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Victoria Street".
- Date
- 6:12am 2nd April 2012
- Tags
- Victoria Street, Victoria Street Clock Tower