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cable Street

131 reports at 23 addresses in Sockburn, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 97 separate days somebody filed something about it.

131 reports23 addresses97 days reported onfrom the air, then43 documents carry the namethe 720th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

24 Cable Street, 70 reports19 Cable Street, 20 reports4 Cable Street, 5 reports19E Cable Street, 5 reports19-21 Cable Street, 4 reports9 Cable Street, 3 reports23 Cable Street, 3 reports21 Cable Street, 3 reports8 Cable Street, 2 reports2 Cable Street, 2 reports11E Cable Street, 2 reports9–11 Cable Street, 1 report9-23 Cable Street, 1 report8a Cable Street, 1 report7 Cable Street, 1 report24 cable Street, 1 report20 Cable Street, 1 report18 Cable Street, 1 report17–19 Cable Street, 1 report16 Cable Street, 1 report13 Cable Street, 1 report12/16 Cable Street, 1 report11–13 Cable Street, 1 report

Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on cable Street, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Sockburn.

From the air, then

cable Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
cable Street from the air, 1960-1964
1960-1964 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
cable Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
cable Street from the air, 1975-1979
1975-1979 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Each frame is cut from Environment Canterbury’s historic imagery MapServer for that decade, only where the Footprints layer names a CC BY survey (NZAM-covered spots stay out). RetroLens holds more Crown aerials →

The addresses on it

What got reported

Year by year

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 43 on the shelf; the 6 earliest:

The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names cable Street in 1 crash that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 1 seriously hurt.

The crashes it names, each one →

As it was reported

Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoGraffiti on a road, footpath or bridge, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoGraffiti on a sign, mural or public art, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photo more photographs
on the Sockburn wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is cable Street?

In Sockburn, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on cable Street?

131 reports at 23 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (59), graffiti & vandalism (59), trees & parks (6).

When was cable Street first reported on?

2016, the record covers 97 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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