# What a Difference a Drain Makes!, 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 > What a difference a drain makes! / Push the lever and look down to your right into a replica of one of our city's earliest brick drains. / In the 1880s, Christchurch was the first NZ city to install these, reducing the plaque of deadly diseases like typhoid. / Look around to see how the design of drainage today considers even more community values. The surveyor’s transcription, casing, spelling and typos as read off the plaque. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record. - 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: 2000 - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20090912/00378/R0056496.jpg ## The ground’s other names - [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…” - [Baxters Drain plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311068-baxters-drain), the surveyor’s note: Decorative thistle carving – no text ## In the archive - [Documents naming What a Difference a Drain Makes!](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=What%20a%20Difference%20a%20Drain%20Makes!) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=What%20a%20Difference%20a%20Drain%20Makes!) - [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 Transport](https://www.chch.live/zones), T - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.1](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 26 December 2010 · ~150 m from the pin · 306 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.54417&lon=172.62496&radius=250 ## Around it - [Baxters Drain](https://www.chch.live/park/1463-baxters-drain), community park · under 150 m - [Addington Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/park/1634-addington-cemetery), botanic 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 Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-441-sydenham), track · ~450 m - [Walk and bike track through Spreydon](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-468-spreydon), track · ~600 m - [Rain Garden 8 Type III](https://www.chch.live/plaque/31272-ruskin-reserve), plaque · ~150 m - [The Passionflowers, Reproduced Here From the Addington](https://www.chch.live/plaque/31204-ruskin-reserve), plaque · ~200 m - [John Ruskin (1819–1900), Was the Pre-Eminent Critic](https://www.chch.live/plaque/31205-ruskin-reserve), plaque · ~200 m - [Ruskin Reserve plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/31207-ruskin-reserve), plaque · ~200 m ## The reports nearby 1,474 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9092818), [49 Disraeli Street, Addington, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/addington/49-disraeli-street) - [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/9055785), [29 Braddon Street, Addington, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/addington/29-braddon-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) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9024048), [103 Antigua Street, Addington, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/addington/103-antigua-street) - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/9013446), [37 Disraeli Street, Addington, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/addington/37-disraeli-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) ## 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 words above, verbatim, the surveyor’s transcription, casing, spelling and typos as they were read off the plaque. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record. **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 2000. 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/65246-baxters-drain