# Baxters Drain plaque, a plaque of Addington A plaque of the city, standing at Baxters Drain in Addington, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries The surveyor filed a note, not the words: “Decorative thistle carving – no text”. - The ground: [Baxters Drain](https://www.chch.live/park/1463-baxters-drain), the park it stands on - The suburb: [Addington](https://www.chch.live/addington) - The year the register carries: 2008 - Rides on: stone plinth - Status: in service ## The ground’s other names - [What a Difference a Drain Makes!](https://www.chch.live/plaque/65246-baxters-drain), “What a difference a drain makes! / Push the lever and look down to your right in…” - [The Thistle, Reproduced Here From the Addington Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311067-baxters-drain), “The Thistle, reproduced here from the Addington Cemetery, forms part of the Lite…” ## In the archive - [Documents naming Baxters Drain plaque](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Baxters%20Drain%20plaque) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Baxters%20Drain%20plaque) - [Baxters Drain](https://www.chch.live/park/1463-baxters-drain), the ground’s own page - [Addington](https://www.chch.live/addington), the suburb it stands in A name read off an inscription is a lead, not a verified identity, the search is where verification starts. ## The ground under it - [Graded TC2 ground](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories), Green Zone, Technical Category 2, Yellow - [The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study - [The plan zones this ground Medium density residential zone](https://www.chch.live/zones), MRZ - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.1](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 26 December 2010 · ~250 m from the pin · 324 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.5451&lon=172.62501&radius=250 ## Around it - [Baxters Drain](https://www.chch.live/park/1463-baxters-drain), the community park it’s inside - [Ruskin Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/938-ruskin-reserve), community park · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Addington](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-484-addington), track · ~250 m - [Walk and bike track through Spreydon](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-468-spreydon), track · ~500 m - [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-441-sydenham), track · ~550 m - [Rain Garden 8 Type III](https://www.chch.live/plaque/31272-ruskin-reserve), plaque · under 150 m - [The Passionflowers, Reproduced Here From the Addington](https://www.chch.live/plaque/31204-ruskin-reserve), plaque · under 150 m - [John Ruskin (1819–1900), Was the Pre-Eminent Critic](https://www.chch.live/plaque/31205-ruskin-reserve), plaque · under 150 m - [Ruskin Reserve plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/31207-ruskin-reserve), plaque · under 150 m ## The reports nearby 1,442 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9058677), [71 Burke St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/addington/71-burke-street) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9058675), [83 Burke St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/addington/83-burke-street) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9039951), [71 Ruskin St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/addington/71-ruskin-street) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9025717), [33 Fairfield Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/addington/33-fairfield-avenue) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9024084), [52B Burke Street, Addington, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/addington/52b-burke-street) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9011262), [13 Braddon St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/addington/13-braddon-street) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9005235), [410 Selwyn St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/addington/410-selwyn-street) - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/9003091), [83 Burke St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/addington/83-burke-street) - [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/8981380), [66 Fairfield Avenue, Addington, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/addington/66-fairfield-avenue) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8979717), [81 Burke St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/addington/81-burke-street) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8962916), [21 Ruskin St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/addington/21-ruskin-street) - [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/8957370), [64 Fairfield Avenue, Addington, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/addington/64-fairfield-avenue) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Baxters Drain in [Addington](https://www.chch.live/addington), one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. **What does it say?** The surveyor filed a note, not the words themselves, “Decorative thistle carving – no text”. The plaque still earns its page: it stands, the ground is named, and the record’s pin is real. **Are there others at Baxters Drain?** 3 plaques on the register share this ground, the others are linked above. **Is the plaque still standing?** The register marks it in service, commissioned 2008. The books' word, though, a plaque may have weathered since the survey, and the pin is the record’s position. --- Christchurch City Council open data, the Furniture service’s Plaque layer. The inscription is the surveyor’s transcription; "In Service" is the books, not a promise the plaque still reads clean. The pin is the record’s position. The roll: https://www.chch.live/plaques · the record as data: https://www.chch.live/plaques.json · this plaque’s page: https://www.chch.live/plaque/311068-baxters-drain