# Rail Workers Memorial This Site Is Dedicated to Rail, a plaque of Sydenham

A plaque of the city, standing at Rail Workers Memorial in Sydenham, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate.

## The words it carries

> RAIL WORKERS MEMORIAL THIS SITE IS DEDICATED TO RAIL WORKERS WHO WERE KILLED OR SERIOUSLY INJURED WORKING ON THIS SITE AND AT OTHER LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT CANTERBURY. THEIR SACRIFICE PERFORMING THEIR DUTIES IS REMEMBERED BY ALL WHO TOILED BESIDE THEM. RAIL AND MARITIME TRANSPORT UNION APRIL 28 1996

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: Rail Workers Memorial
- The suburb: [Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/sydenham)
- The year the register carries: 2008
- Rides on: rock
- Status: in service

The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20080421/00377/R0014986.jpg

## In the archive

- [Documents naming Rail Workers Memorial This Site Is Dedicated to Rail](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Rail%20Workers%20Memorial%20This%20Site%20Is%20Dedicated%20to%20Rail)
- [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Rail%20Workers%20Memorial%20This%20Site%20Is%20Dedicated%20to%20Rail)
- [Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/sydenham), 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

- [The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study
- [The plan zones this ground Open Space Community Parks](https://www.chch.live/zones), OCP
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.5](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 26 December 2010 · ~100 m from the pin · 306 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.54091&lon=172.64196&radius=250

## Around it

- [Science Alive Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1753-science-alive-reserve), the community park it’s inside
- [Gasson Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1083-gasson-reserve), community park · under 150 m
- [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-442-sydenham), track · ~100 m
- [Walk and bike track through Waltham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-514-waltham), track · ~100 m
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city), track · ~200 m
- [Presented by Jubilee Committee 75th Anniversary](https://www.chch.live/plaque/28993-sydenham-school-memorial), plaque · ~550 m
- [Presented by Jubilee Committee 75th Anniversary](https://www.chch.live/plaque/28995-sydenham-school-memorial), plaque · ~550 m
- [Presented by Jubilee Committee 75th Anniversary](https://www.chch.live/plaque/28992-sydenham-school-memorial), plaque · ~550 m
- [Presented by Jubilee Committee 75th Anniversary](https://www.chch.live/plaque/28996-sydenham-school-memorial), plaque · ~550 m


## The reports nearby
1,400 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/9077321), [45 Carlyle Street, Sydenham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/45-carlyle-street)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9048694), [45 Carlyle St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/45-carlyle-street)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9044166), [321 Moorhouse Avenue, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/321-moorhouse-avenue)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9044165), [321 Moorhouse Avenue, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/321-moorhouse-avenue)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9044145), [321 Moorhouse Avenue, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/321-moorhouse-avenue)
- [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/9041884), [392 Moorhouse Avenue, Sydenham, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/392-moorhouse-avenue)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9025156), [36 Byron Street, Sydenham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/36-byron-street)
- [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/9016274), [392 Moorhouse Avenue, Sydenham, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/392-moorhouse-avenue)
- [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8998904), [386 Moorhouse Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/386-moorhouse-avenue)
- [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8961213), [392 Moorhouse Avenue, Sydenham, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/392-moorhouse-avenue)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8931290), [88 Gasson Street, Sydenham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/88-gasson-street)
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8851297), [18 Washington Way, Canterbury, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/18-washington-way)

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is this?**

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Rail Workers Memorial in [Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/sydenham), 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 rock. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record.

**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.


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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/7164-rail-workers-memorial