Lyttelton's timeball will drop again daily when restoration finishedALASTAIR DALZELL A Titan Demag AC 160 liftz a Kato 25-tonne crane for the reconstruction of Lyttelton's historic Timeball Station. The $3 million restoration of the Lyttelton Timeball tower is under way following a major crane lift that closed Reserve Tce for the day. JOHN KIRK-ANDERSON/STUFF Lyttelton's Timeball Station before it was wrecked in the February 2011 earthquake. JOHN KIRK-ANDERSON/STUFF The Lyttelton Timeball Station site after the building was demolished. Once the Timeball tower is completed, the timeball will drop again daily as it did before the earthquakes.

Source: Stuff August 24, 2017 00:33 UTC