WEMO ERT Set 1 Photographs: February 2011
A set of photographs taken by the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team in February 2011. The photographs were taken during the emergency response to the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
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5:20pm 1st November 2017
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Collection
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qsr-collection:20076
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- WEMO ERT Set 1 - February 2011 - Photograph 13
- A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team using a sledgehammer to break open the window of a building in the Christchurch central city.
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- WEMO ERT Set 1 - February 2011 - Photograph 14
- A photograph of the earthquake-damaged buildings and rubble on Colombo Street near the intersection of St Asaph Street. The walls of the top storey of the buildings to the left have crumbled, and bricks and other rubble have fallen onto the footpath and road below. Wire fencing and police tape have been placed across the street as a cordon.
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- WEMO ERT Set 1 - February 2011 - Photograph 15
- A photograph of the earthquake-damaged buildings and rubble on Colombo Street near the intersection of St Asaph Street. The walls of the top storey of the buildings to the left have crumbled, and bricks and other rubble have fallen onto the footpath and road below. Wire fencing and police tape have been placed across the street as a cordon. An excavator from Daniel Smith Industries Ltd is parked in front of the fence.
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- WEMO ERT Set 1 - February 2011 - Photograph 16
- A photograph of the earthquake-damaged buildings and rubble on Colombo Street near the intersection of St Asaph Street. The walls of the top storey of the buildings to the left have crumbled, and bricks and other rubble have fallen onto the footpath and road below. Wire fencing and police tape have been placed across the street as a cordon.
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- WEMO ERT Set 1 - February 2011 - Photograph 17
- A photograph of rubble from earthquake-damaged buildings along Colombo Street near the intersection with St Asaph Street. On the left-hand side of the street cars have been crushed by falling rubble. The road has been cordoned off with wire fencing.
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- WEMO ERT Set 1 - February 2011 - Photograph 18
- A photograph of Anderson and Hill Sports Power on the corner of St Asaph and Colombo Streets. Wire fences have been placed across the street as a cordon. In the background, rubble from earthquake-damaged buildings and crushed cars line the left side of the road. There is also foliage from a fallen tree.
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- WEMO ERT Set 1 - February 2011 - Photograph 19
- A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Country Theme store on the corner of Manchester and St Asaph Streets. Sections of the second storey walls have crumbled, and the bricks have fallen onto the footpath below. Wire fences have been placed around the building as a cordon. Red stickers on the front door and the wire fence indicate that the building is not safe to enter.
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- WEMO ERT Set 1 - February 2011 - Photograph 20
- A photograph of collapsed scaffolding outside a building on Manchester Street.
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- WEMO ERT Set 1 - February 2011 - Photograph 21
- A photograph of a pile of bricks and building rubble on Manchester Street. In the background a crane is parked on the street. A digger is parked to the right.
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- WEMO ERT Set 1 - February 2011 - Photograph 22
- A photograph of members of the New Zealand Police and the New Zealand Army guarding the cordon on the corner of Barbadoes Street and Moorhouse Avenue.
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- WEMO ERT Set 1 - February 2011 - Photograph 23
- A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament on Barbadoes Street. The tower on the right has crumbled and the masonry has fallen to the pavement below. A car has been crushed by the fallen rubble. The dome of the left tower has collapsed and the cross at the top of the building is on a lean.
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- WEMO ERT Set 1 - February 2011 - Photograph 24
- A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament on Barbadoes Street. The tower on the right has crumbled, and the masonry has fallen to the pavement below. A car has been crushed by the fallen rubble. Windows in the tower behind are broken.