Becker Fraser Earthquake Photographs September 2010
Photographs taken by BeckerFraserPhotos in September 2010.
Last updated
7:55pm 31st October 2017
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Collection
Identifier
qsr-collection:12267
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- BeckerFraserPhotos September 2010 photograph 049
- Emergency Police tape placed over a footpath. The footpath is covered in broken glass from a smashed window.
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- BeckerFraserPhotos September 2010 photograph 050
- A scorched building on Worcester Street. An electrical fire started in this building after the 4 September earthquake.
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- BeckerFraserPhotos September 2010 photograph 051
- Diggers on the corner of Worcester and Manchester Streets taking a rest from demolishing this building on Sunday.
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- BeckerFraserPhotos September 2010 photograph 052
- Members of the public viewing the damage to the Trinity Congregational Church (now the Octagon Live Restaurant) on the corner of Worcester and Manchester Streets. Wire fencing and tape have been placed around the building.
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- BeckerFraserPhotos September 2010 photograph 053
- A brother and sister look through wire fencing at the damage to the central city. Temporary fencing like this was placed across streets and around buildings as cordons.
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- BeckerFraserPhotos September 2010 photograph 054
- A store on Manchester Street with "NO GO" spray-painted in the front window as well as other search and rescue codes. 'Danger keep out' tape has been placed across the property.
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- BeckerFraserPhotos September 2010 photograph 055
- Manchester Courts on the corner of Manchester and Hereford Streets. While the building looks mostly fine from the outside, it is unsafe to enter. "Danger, no entry" has been spray-painted on the front window.
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- BeckerFraserPhotos September 2010 photograph 056
- Cracking in the plaster work of the side wall of a building in the central city. The bricks that make up the wall have shaken apart and are threatening to topple.
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- BeckerFraserPhotos September 2010 photograph 057
- Cross cracking on the Manchester Courts Building between the windows. This means that there was no vertical reinforcement in the building and it will have to come down.
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- BeckerFraserPhotos September 2010 photograph 058
- Damage to the top of the gable of the Octagon Live Restaurant (formerly the Trinity Congregational Church) on Manchester Street.
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- BeckerFraserPhotos September 2010 photograph 059
- Cracks along the road in Avonside Drive. The riverbank has slumped towards the river, separating the land from the road and creating these cracks. Road cones warn drivers of the uneven surface. In the distance, a pile of liquefaction can be seen in front of a house.
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- BeckerFraserPhotos September 2010 photograph 060
- A hole in the side of the road along Avonside Drive. A blue pipe can be seen inside the hole. Pipes like this were used to provide temporary water supplies to the neighbourhood while the water system was being repaired.