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Donated by the Family of Dennis and Eilene Watson

A plaque at Avon And Heathcote Estuary. The words below are the register’s own transcription, the casing, the spelling, the typos.

DONATED BY THE FAMILY OF DENNIS AND EILENE WATSON / LOCAL RESIDENTS SINCE 1954 / 'We are tied to the ocean and when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or watch, we are going back from where we came' / MEMORIES SCATTERED ON THE TIDES / DENNIS 1926 – 1995 / EILENE 1927 – 2007
The ground
Avon And Heathcote Estuary
The year
2007, the register’s commission
Rides on
seat
The register says
in service

The register’s own frame

the register’s photograph of the plaque at Avon And Heathcote Estuary

The council’s image, opened at its own host, the frame is the record’s, the reading is yours.

Where it stands

The record’s own pin; the strong outline is the suburb around it, the rest are its neighbours.

The ground’s other names

Donated by Friends and Family / in Memory of / Keith Murray “Donated by friends and family / in memory of / Keith Murray / (1…” Christchurch / City Council / 1967 / H2o – S10 – T16 “CHRISTCHURCH / CITY COUNCIL / 1967 / H2O – S10 – T16” We Remember With Love our Precious “We remember with love our precious / husband, father & grandfath…” Rest a While and Embrace the / Moment / in Loving Memory “REST A WHILE AND EMBRACE THE / MOMENT / IN LOVING MEMORY OF / CY…” Moncks Bay Tram Stop 1934 “MONCKS BAY TRAM STOP 1934 / BUILT IN 1934 BY STONEMASON WILLIAM …” Arbor Day 1993 / Planted by Members / of the Second “ARBOR DAY 1993 / PLANTED BY MEMBERS / OF THE SECOND / BURWOOD/PE…”

In the archive

Documents naming Donated by the Family of Dennis and Eilene Watson the shelf, searched for the name on the plaque The record’s own search everywhere else the name appears Avon And Heathcote Estuary the park the plaque stands on

A name read off an inscription is a lead, not a verified identity, the search is where verification starts.

The ground under it

The February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over this point mapped ground failure, a footprint, not a finding Inside a modelled tsunami reach ECAN Report R12/38 2012 · ECAN Report R14/78 2014 On the plan’s flood map Moncks Redcliffs, the managed reach Inside a recorded flood footprint 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground Raekura ki Matuku Takotako The plan zones this ground Open Space Coastal OC The rockfall survey counts 7 boulders within 500 m 7 came down The nearest recorded shake: M3.1 23 December 2011 · under 150 m from the pin · 590 logged within 5 km

The plans and surveys kept here, asked once of the pin. The whole stack answers live: what stood on this ground →

Around it

Redcliffs Park sports ground park · under 150 m Mccormacks Bay sports ground park · ~200 m Walk and bike track through Clifton track · ~150 m from the pin These Swings Are a Gift From Reuben, for Everyone to Enjoy plaque · ~400 m In Remembrance of Ruth Spragge ‘a Friend of the Estuary’ plaque · ~500 m Bernard Hansen — a Friend of the Estuary plaque · ~550 m Dunkeld Meeting Place Opened by Anthony Docherty Deputy plaque · ~550 m

Questions, answered briefly

What is this?

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Avon And Heathcote Estuary, 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 seat. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record.

Are there others at Avon And Heathcote Estuary?

7 plaques on the register share this ground, the others are linked above.

Is the plaque still standing?

The register marks it in service, commissioned 2007. The books' word, though, a plaque may have weathered since the survey, and the pin is the record’s position.

The record behind this

Christchurch City Council’s 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 today. The pin is the record’s position on the layer.

This page as markdown: /plaque/95219-avon-and-heathcote-estuary.md · the roll: /plaques · the record as data: /plaques.json · on the big map: /map?layer=plaques · the monuments the crowd mapped: /memorial · what stood on this ground before: /before.