Charles St, Coastguard: Large cracks in concrete-paving next to building. Deep void / sinkhole below concrete at northwest corner. Flag-pole tilted. Nearby steel lamp-poles tilted.
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12.11.10. Raven Quay view, Kaiapoi River & quake tilted Kaiapoi Visitors Centre & Coastguard bldg. MV Tuhoe moored on right. Local author Deb Donnell would publish the pic in her 2015 book Christchurch, Keswin Publishing Ltd
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12.11.10. Kaiapoi River view, quake tilted Kaiapoi Visitors Centre
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12.11.10. Quake tilted Kaiapoi Visitors Centre, Charles St
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12.11.10. Quake tilted Kaiapoi Visitors Centre supported by cables stopping bldg sliding S towards Kaiapoi River
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12.11.10. Quake tilted Kaiapoi Visitors Centre, supporting cables, Kaiapoi River
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12.11.10. Quake tilted Kaiapoi Visitors Centre & Coastguard, Kaiapoi River
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12.11.10. In concrete quake crack, Kaiapoi River bank, MV Tuhoe ship behind
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12.11.10. Quake tilted Kaiapoi Visitors Centre, Kaiapoi River
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12.11.10. Quake tilted Kaiapoi Visitors Centre, Kaiapoi River
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12.11.10. Quake tilted Kaiapoi Visitors Centre, Charles St. New concrete foundation laid below wall mark to stop bldg sliding further S towards Kaiapoi River.
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12.11.10. Concrete quake cracks, Coastguard bldg, Charles St, Kaiapoi
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12.11.10. Quake tilted Coastguard, Kaiapoi River
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12.11.10. Old anchor, quake tilted Coastguard, Kaiapoi River
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12.11.10. Old anchor, quake tilted Kaiapoi Visitors Centre, Charles St
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12.11.10. "Mind the gap!" Quake tilted Kaiapoi Visitors Centre, Charles St
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12.11.10. Legs in quake gap, quake tilted Kaiapoi Visitors Centre, Charles St
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12.11.10. Red stickered, unsafe Kaiapoi Visitors Centre, shoes across quake gap, Charles St
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12.11.10. Quake tilted lamp post, Tom Ayers Dr overlooking Charles St, Kaiapoi
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12.11.10. Quake damaged Tom Ayers Dr, quake tilted lamp post & Kaiapoi Visitors Centre
Raven Quay near Courtenay Dr: Kaiapoi true right-bank. Downriver below Raven Quay stopbank, wide cracks & riverbank slumping towards Kaiapoi River. Some cracks about 2m deep. All cracks caused by riverbank lateral-spreading. Cracks went for several hundred metres along & across the tarsealed track by Raven Quay to Courtenay Stream. Besides riverbank, lateral-spreading, Kaiapoi River water caused severe liquefaction-damage to nearby Courtenay Dr & houses.
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12.11.10. Graded stopbank soil, quake cracks, Raven Quay, Kaiapoi River
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12.11.10. Quake cracks, Raven Quay, Kaiapoi River
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12.11.10. Quake cracks, damaged fence, Raven Quay, Kaiapoi River
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12.11.10. Quake cracks, workmen, Raven Quay, Kaiapoi River
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12.11.10. Raven Quay quake cracks, slumping towards Kaiapoi River
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12.11.10. Quake cracks, quake damaged fence, Raven Quay, Kaiapoi River
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12.11.10. Upriver view, Raven Quay stopbank, workman, quake cracks, Kaiapoi River
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12.11.10. Upriver view, Raven Quay stopbank, workman, quake cracks, Kaiapoi River
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12.11.10. Quake damaged fence in quake crack, Raven Quay, Kaiapoi River
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12.11.10. Pram pusher, quake crack, Raven Quay stopbank, Kaiapoi River
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12.11.10. Quake slumping / lateral spreading, cracks, Raven Quay, Kaiapoi River
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12.11.10. Walkers, quake cracked stopbank, Raven Quay, Kaiapoi River
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12.11.10. Raven Quay quake cracks due to lateral spreading, Kaiapoi River
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12.11.10. Upriver view, Raven Quay quake cracks due to lateral spreading, Kaiapoi River
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12.11.10. Liquefaction silt, quake cracks, Raven Quay, Kaiapoi River
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12.11.10. Quake cracks, liquefaction silt, Raven Quay, Kaiapoi River
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12.11.10. Quake crack, Courtenay Stream nr Kaiapoi River
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12.11.10. Quake crack, between Kaiapoi River & Courtenay Stream
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12.11.10 Quake crack between Courtenay Stream & Kaiapoi River
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12.11.10. Quake cracks, slumping towards Kaiapoi River, view towards Raven Quay stopbank
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12.11.10. Upriver view, quake cracks, Raven Quay, Kaiapoi River
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12.11.10. Upriver view, Raven Quay quake cracks, slumping towards Kaiapoi River
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12.11.10. Quake cracks across tarseal footpath, Raven Quay, Kaiapoi River
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12.11.10 Quake crack, Raven Quay, Kaiapoi River
*Trekked Charles St, Tom Ayers Dr, Raven Quay, Courtenay Stream, Kaiapoi River banks. 43 snaps.
Coda:
Coastguard would survive the quakes. Kaiapoi Visitors Centre would be relocated 100m upriver behind Charles St stopbank, opposite New World. Visitors Centre was revamped as Paris for the Weekend cafe, established 2016.
Content & pics Copyright Mark JS Esslemont.
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