Ray Whelan's WEMO Photographs
Photographs taken by Ray Whelan, a volunteer at the Wellington Emergency Management Office, during the emergency response to the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
Last updated
9:27pm 31st October 2017
Type
Collection
Identifier
qsr-collection:18428
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- Ray Whelan WEMO Photograph 13
- A photograph of the earthquake damage to a building on Manchester Street. The top railing of the façade has fallen away and cracks can be seen in the brickwork of the wall below.
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- Ray Whelan WEMO Photograph 14
- A photograph of the rubble from the demolished Para Rubber building on Manchester Street.
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- Ray Whelan WEMO Photograph 15
- A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Country Theme store on the corner of Manchester and St Asaph Street. Parts of the bricks walls have crumbled. Most of the bricks have been cleared from the footpath. Steel fences and road cones have been placed around the building as a cordon.
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- Ray Whelan WEMO Photograph 16
- A photograph of the Manchester Courts Building on the corner of Manchester and Hereford Streets. The photograph was taken from behind a cordon fence.
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- Ray Whelan WEMO Photograph 17
- A photograph of a building on Worcester Street which suffered fire damage after the 4 September 2010 earthquake. The earthquake caused an electrical fire in the building which has blackened the front side of it.
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- Ray Whelan WEMO Photograph 18
- A photograph of the partially-demolished Westende Jewellers Building on the corner of Worcester and Manchester Street. Wire fences have been placed around the building and a Southern Demolition excavator can be seen behind them.
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- Ray Whelan WEMO Photograph 19
- A photograph of USAR codes spray painted on the window of a building in the Christchurch central city.
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- Ray Whelan WEMO Photograph 20
- A photograph of the site of a demolished building on Gloucester Street, near the intersection of Colombo Street. A Southern Demolition excavator is being used to clear the rubble away. In the background are the Forsyth Barr building, the Copthorne Hotel and the PricewaterhouseCoopers building.
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- Ray Whelan WEMO Photograph 21
- A photograph taken inside the Crowne Plaza Hotel on Kilmore Street, looking down into the café and restaurant area.
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- Ray Whelan WEMO Photograph 22
- A photograph of emergency management personnel at a temporary Civil Defence headquarters in Christchurch after the 4 September 2010 earthquake. The headquarters was set up in the Christchurch Art Gallery.
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- Ray Whelan WEMO Photograph 23
- A photograph of emergency management personnel at a temporary Civil Defence headquarters in Christchurch after the 4 September 2010 earthquake. The headquarters was set up in the Christchurch Art Gallery.
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- Ray Whelan WEMO Photograph 24
- A photograph of emergency management personnel at a temporary Civil Defence headquarters in Christchurch after the 4 September 2010 earthquake. The headquarters was set up in the Christchurch Art Gallery.