Tuesday 14 September 2010. Day 11. Demolition, Manchester St building

Tues 14 September 2010. Day 11. State-of-Emergency, demolition focus: a microcosm of 1 000s of buildings which would be demolished in the next three quake-years by different, colourful diggers.

Manchester St / Tuam St: White / orange-plastic-bollards within a steel-mesh-fence-cordon. Yellow-digger demolished a two-storey brick- building:

Digger raised to bash tin-roof.
Moved debris.
Bashed brick-wall.
Raked brick-rubble, raising dust.
Bashed roof-truss.
Shoved tin-roof.
Raked debris.
Ripped tin-roof.
Digger demolished brick-wall.
Flattened brick-wall.
Digger raised to pull roof-truss.
Raised to rake brick-rubble. Pedestrian strode by.
Digger demolished roof-truss.
Ripped down roof-material.
Pulled roof-truss & brick-wall.
Digger swung around raking debris.
Digger raked roof-iron.
Dug debris.
Digger pushed roof-truss up.
Digger broke wall-debris.
Carried wall-debris.
Digger demolished brick-wall. Cyclist rode by.
Digger raised to push roof-truss.
Pushed down roof-truss.
Grabbed roof-truss. Ute drove by.
Shifted roof-truss.
Removed roof-truss.
Dangled roof-truss.
Digger swung roof-truss onto heap.
Digger demolished attic-floor.
Digger demolished attic-wall.
Digger raised to pull down roof-iron.
Pulled down roof-iron, sooty dust-cloud.
Digger tore down roofing, sooty dust-cloud.
Digger raised to rake roof-debris.
Digger raised roof-dust.
Digger nudged roof-truss.
Pulled roof-truss.
Digger raised to grab roof-truss.
Grabbed roof-truss.
Digger moved roof-truss.
Placed roof-truss on debris heap...


14.09.10. Steel mesh fence cordon. Tuam St / Manchester St view, quake state of emergency demolition


14.09.10. Steel mesh fence cordon. Orange, plastic bollards. Digger raised to bash roof, Manchester St quake state of emergency


14.09.10. Steel mesh fence cordon, white / orange, plastic bollards. Digger moving debris, Manchester St quake state of emergency


14.09.10. Digger bashing a brick wall, Manchester St quake state of emergency


14.09.10. Digger raking brick rubble, raising dust, Manchester St quake state of emergency


14.09.10. Digger bashing a roof truss, Manchester St quake state of emergency


14.09.10. Digger shoving tin roof, Manchester St quake state of emergency


14.09.10. Digger raking debris. Manchester St quake state of emergency


14.09.10. Digger ripping tin roof, Manchester St quake state of emergency


14.09.10. Digger demolishing a brick wall, Manchester St quake state of emergency


14.09.10. Digger flattening a wall, Manchester St quake state of emergency


14.09.10. Digger raised to pull a roof truss, Manchester St quake state of emergency


14.09.10. Digger raised to rake quake brick rubble, Manchester St quake state of emergency


14.09.10. Manchester St demolition site, pedestrian, quake state of emergency


14.09.10. Digger demolishing roof truss, Manchester St quake state of emergency


14.09.10. Digger ripping down roof material, Manchester St quake state of emergency


14.09.10. Digger pulling roof truss & brick wall, Manchester St quake state of emergency


14.09.10. Digger swinging round to rake debris, Manchester St quake state of emergency


14.09.10. Digger raking roof iron, Manchester St quake state of emergency


14.09.10. Digger digging debris, Manchester St quake state of emergency


14.09.10. Digger pushing roof truss up, Manchester St quake state of emergency


14.09.10. Digger breaking wall debris, Manchester St quake state of emergency


14.09.10. Digger carrying wall debris, Manchester St quake state of emergency


14.09.10. Digger demolishes brick wall while cyclist passes, Manchester St quake state of emergency


14.09.10. Digger raised to push roof truss, Manchester St quake state of emergency


14.09.10. Digger pushing down roof truss, Manchester St quake state of emergency


14.09.10. Digger grabbing roof truss, ute passes, Manchester St quake state of emergency


14.09.10. Digger shifting roof truss, Manchester St quake state of emergency


14.09.10. Digger removing roof truss, Manchester St quake state of emergency


14.09.10. Digger dangling roof truss, Manchester St quake state of emergency


14.09.10. Digger swinging roof truss onto heap, Manchester St quake state of emergency


14.09.10. Digger demolishing attic floor, Manchester St quake state of emergency


14.09.10. Digger demolishing attic wall, Manchester St quake state of emergency


14.09.10. Digger raised to pull down roof iron, Manchester St state of emergency


14.09.10. Digger pulling down roof iron, sooty dust cloud, Manchester St quake state of emergency


14.09.10. Digger tearing down roofing, Manchester St quake state of emergency


14.09.10. Digger raised to rake roof debris, Manchester St quake state of emergency


14.09.10. Digger raising roof dust, Manchester St quake state of emergency


14.09.10. Tuam St view, digger nudging roof truss, quake state of emergency


14.09.10. Tuam St view, digger pulling roof truss, quake state of emergency


14.09.10. Tuam St view, digger raised to grab roof truss, quake state of emergency


14.09.10. Tuam St view, digger grabbing a roof truss, quake state of emergency


14.09.10. Tuam St view, digger grabbing roof truss, quake state of emergency


14.09.10. Tuam St view, digger moving roof truss, quake state of emergency


14.09.10. Tuam St view, digger placing roof truss on debris heap, quake state of emergency


14.09.10. Tuam St view, remains of quake trashed bldg after 20 mins digger demolition, state of emergency

After demolition, the Manchester St demolition-site would become a carpark. After demolitions, Christchurch CBD would be riddled with Wilson carparks.

*Trekked Manchester St, Tuam St. 46 snaps

Content & pics Copyright Mark JS Esslemont.