Lyttleton Harbour Town
Volcano and English Culture Zone
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This Christchurch Harbour is built inside the crater of a volcano. It is deep and well protected but land is limited and access most difficult. The first settlers built their houses here too but soon found a volcano crater is limiting. As the shipping traffic thrived the town was packed with its workers. Recently, with shipping containers the residents lost 90% of their jobs, the town was devastated, property values plummeted and recovery has been sad.
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