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Creator unknown: Christ Church Cathedral, Christchurch, with spire being rebuilt
Date: [ca 1903]
Reference: 1/2-018021-G
Description: Christ Church Cathedral, Christchurch, with spire being rebuilt after the 1901 earthquake. Photographer unidentified. The nave, tower and spire of Christchurch Cathedral was completed in 1881. Work on completeing the rest of the building began in 1900. In 1902 the transcepts were finished and work started on the chancel and apse. An earthquake in 1901 cracked the upper part of the spire in two places. In this photograph which dates from late 1902/1903 (see scaffolding beyond the transcept indicating work on chancel) the upper part of the spire has been removed by Messrs Graham and Greig in preparation for replacing this section with a copper covered wooden structure. The Cathedral was completed in 1904. (Information from "Vision and Reality; Christchurch Cathedral in the Square," Colin Brown, Christchurch, 2000 and "A Dream of Spires," Ian Lochhead, Canterbury University Press, 1999, page 153.) Preparation for erecting the scaffolding was reported in the Christchurch Star 15 January 1902. The cross was replaced on the top of the new copper covered wooden section of the spire on 29 June 1903. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
Aerial view of central Christchurch
Reference: 1/2-C-22707-F
Description: Aerial view of the centre of Christchurch city including the Christchurch Cathedral. A crowd of people are gathered around the square and up Worcester Street. Taken by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).
View of the Cathedral Church steeple under repair from prior earthquake damage, with Jo...
Date: 1 Aug 1891
From: Maclay, Adam Henry Pearson, 1873-1955 :Negatives
Reference: 1/2-163954-G
Description: Photograph taken by Christchurch photographer Adam Henry Pearson Maclay. Other - additional information from Paperspast, National Library of NZ, for earthquake damage to the Christchurch Cathedral steeple on September 1 1888 Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 1/2 plate