"Lyttelton Tunnel Under construction. Drilling from Heathcote end." - Contributor's note Winner in the Places category of the 2020 Christchurch City Libraries Photo Hunt.
View during the construction of the Lyttelton Road Tunnel "Construction was from 1961 and it opened in 1964." - Contributor's note
View towards the entrance to the Lyttelton Tunnel following a group of cyclists. In the foreground is a cyclist on a Penny Farthing bicycle.
View from within the Lyttelton Tunnel taken from the entrance following a group of cyclists through. To the left-hand-side is a man riding a Penny Farthing bicycle.
View of a World War II gun emplacement and down the 160 metre drop towards the entrance to a tunnel formerly used to store the shells for the guns at Godley Head.
Newspaper caption: A trip to the Midland Railway Works: Springfield to Broken River.
Newspaper caption: Additional electric power for Christchurch: New works at Lake Coleridge. The picture, taken from the mouth of the 11ft tunnel, shows the screens and gates leading out of the new...
Newspaper caption: (1) The resident engineer's staff ready for work. (2) The mouth of a tunnel, showing the manner in which the woodwork is built up. (3) The first tunnel at Patterson's Creek showing...
Newspaper caption: A trip to the Midland Railway Works: Springfield to Broken River. The white streaks on the left of the photograph are caused by the dropping of the flashlight powder.
Newspaper caption: "This photograph was taken by Mr Manson, tunnel overseer at Otira. The remarkable point about the photograph is the fact that the Arthur's Pass end of the tunnel can also be seen, a...
Newspaper caption: Piercing the Alps: The beginning of the Arthurs Pass tunnel. With the Canterbury party
Newspaper caption: The fatal accident at the Otira Tunnel, Midland Railway: Collapse of a sill at the Bealey end: Men Imprisoned: Scenes and Incidents. Dr J. W. McBrearty and Nurse Drewitt won golden...
Newspaper caption: The fatal accident at the Otira Tunnel, Midland Railway: Collapse of a sill at the Bealey end: Men Imprisoned: Scenes and Incidents. The four most seriously injured men, Charles...
Newspaper caption: The fatal accident at the Otira Tunnel, Midland Railway: Collapse of a sill at the Bealey end: Men Imprisoned: Scenes and Incidents. One of the rescuers was J. Mahoney. After the...
Newspaper caption: The fatal accident at the Otira Tunnel, Midland Railway: Collapse of a sill at the Bealey end: Men Imprisoned: Scenes and Incidents. Mr J. Toy is a blacksmith at the Otira end of...
Newspaper caption: "The fatal accident at the Otira Tunnel, Midland Railway: Collapse of a sill at the Bealey end: Men Imprisoned: Scenes and Incidents. This gives a very good idea of the extent of...
Newspaper caption: The fatal accident at the Otira Tunnel, Midland Railway: Collapse of a sill at the Bealey end: Men Imprisoned: Scenes and Incidents. The drive was a put in on a straight line for...
Newspaper caption: The fatal accident at the Otira Tunnel, Midland Railway: Collapse of a sill at the Bealey end: Men Imprisoned: Scenes and Incidents. Daylight can be clearly seen through the hole...
Newspaper caption: The fatal accident at the Otira Tunnel, Midland Railway: Collapse of a sill at the Bealey end: Men Imprisoned: Scenes and Incidents. It was about two chains inside the tunnel that...
Newspaper caption: The fatal accident at the Otira Tunnel, Midland Railway: Collapse of a sill at the Bealey end: Men Imprisoned: Scenes and Incidents.
Newspaper caption: The Midland Railway. Scenes at the Otira end of the Arthur's Pass tunnel. The accompanying pictures were taken very recently, and they describe the work as it is to-day. The Otira...