Bulldozer clearing the last of the wooden Pier at New Brighton |...

Bulldozers clearing the last of the wooden Pier at New Brighton

1965

View of bulldozers clearing the last parts of the wooden pier at New Brighton immediately following demolition, taken from New Brighton beach. The photograph was taken by the contributor's father, Norman Dawes, who worked for Christchurch City Council as a loader driver.

Creator: Norman Dawes

Area: East / New Brighton

Contributor: Greg Dawes

Source: Entry in the 2018 Christchurch City Libraries Photo Hunt

Source: View in canterburystories.nz

Reference ID: CCL-PH18-044

Uploaded by: CCL Photo Hunt

Copyright status: In copyright

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License

This material has been provided for private study purposes (such as school projects, family and local history research) and any published reproduction (print or electronic) may infringe copyright law. Please contact Christchurch City Libraries if you have any questions relating to the use of this material or wish to order a hi resolution copy for commercial purposes. It is the responsibility of the user to obtain clearance from the copyright holder.

Contact us about this

Bulldozer clearing the last of the wooden Pier at New Brighton

1965

Close-up of a bulldozer clearing the last of the wooden Pier at New Brighton following demolition, taken from New Brighton beach. The photograph was taken by the contributor's father, Norman Dawes, who worked for Christchurch City Council as a loader driver.

Creator: Norman Dawes

Area: East / New Brighton

Contributor: Greg Dawes

Source: Entry in the 2018 Christchurch City Libraries Photo Hunt

Source: View in canterburystories.nz

Reference ID: CCL-PH18-045

Uploaded by: CCL Photo Hunt

Copyright status: In copyright

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License

This material has been provided for private study purposes (such as school projects, family and local history research) and any published reproduction (print or electronic) may infringe copyright law. Please contact Christchurch City Libraries if you have any questions relating to the use of this material or wish to order a hi resolution copy for commercial purposes. It is the responsibility of the user to obtain clearance from the copyright holder.

Contact us about this

Invicta steam traction engine

Circa 1915

William Charles Brown driving an Invicta steam traction engine pulling stumps in Linwood.

Area: East / Linwood

Contributor: AdFi

Source: Entry in the 2013 Christchurch City Libraries Photo Hunt

Source: View in canterburystories.nz

Reference ID: CCL-PH13-049

Uploaded by: CCL Photo Hunt

Copyright status: Out of copyright

This material has been provided for private study purposes (such as school projects, family and local history research) and any published reproduction (print or electronic) may infringe copyright law. Please contact Christchurch City Libraries if you have any questions relating to the use of this material or wish to order a hi resolution copy for commercial purposes. It is the responsibility of the user to obtain clearance from the copyright holder.

Contact us about this

Waste land being cleared for growing potatoes for the Army

7 June 1943

Waste land on Burnside road on the Dowling Estate being cleared for growing potatoes for the New Zealand Army during the Second World War. A diesel tractor is breaking down gorse twelve feet high on a thirteen acre block of land.

Creator: Christchurch Star

Area: North West / Fendalton

Source: Christchurch Star Archive

Source: View in canterburystories.nz

Reference ID: CCL-StarP-00963A

Uploaded by: Christchurch City Libraries

Copyright status: Out of copyright

This material has been provided for private study purposes (such as school projects, family and local history research) and any published reproduction (print or electronic) may infringe copyright law. Please contact Christchurch City Libraries if you have any questions relating to the use of this material or wish to order a hi resolution copy for commercial purposes. It is the responsibility of the user to obtain clearance from the copyright holder.

Contact us about this

Preparing a site on Worsley Spur for water tanks

20 February 1968

View across Worsley Spur, Hoon Hay of a construction site with a digger clearing a site in preparation for the installation of water tanks.

Creator: Christchurch Star

Area: South West / Hoon Hay

Source: Christchurch Star Archive

Source: View in canterburystories.nz

Reference ID: CCL-StarP-02147A

Uploaded by: Christchurch City Libraries

Copyright status: In copyright

Copyright Christchurch Star.

Reuse license: Contact me

Permission for commercial reuse must be sought from the Christchurch Star.

This material has been provided for private study purposes (such as school projects, family and local history research) and any published reproduction (print or electronic) may infringe copyright law. Please contact Christchurch City Libraries if you have any questions relating to the use of this material or wish to order a hi resolution copy for commercial purposes. It is the responsibility of the user to obtain clearance from the copyright holder.

Contact us about this

Clear the site!

Clear the site!

Clear the site!

Clear the site!

Clear the site!

Comments

More from the Clear the site! album

Report this entry