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Tractor rally: Scarborough farmers driving tractors slow motorists' progress on Beare Rd
Tractor rally: Scarborough farmers driving tractors slow motorists' progress on Beare Rd

Tractor rally: Scarborough farmers driving tractors slow motorists' progress on Beare Rd

Date5/20/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: Tractor rally: Scarborough farmers driving tractors slow motorists' progress on Beare Rd. near Finch Ave. during rush hour yesterday to demonstrate how traffic would be affected if Metro decides to reopen the Beare Rd. landfill site. Beare Road Landfill, bounded by Finch Avenue East to the north, Scarborough-Pickering Town line to the east, hydro corridor to the south, and CN rail line to the west. (43.82507, -79.161683)||Published in Toronto Star, 21 May 1988, page A8, with article ''Dump foes snarl traffic in protest''.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0012002F
      Invisible wall of opposition greeted bearded Mike Bazilli when he imported 50 Russian diesel tractors to Oakville last spring. He says farmers couldn't get bank loans to buy them, publications refused his ads and other machinery companies cancelled their distribution agreements with him.
      Invisible wall of opposition greeted bearded Mike Bazilli when he imported 50 Russian diesel tractors to Oakville last spring. He says farmers couldn't get bank loans to buy them, publications refused his ads and other machinery companies cancelled their distribution agreements with him.
      Barkley, Harold
      10/27/1970
      Fifteen tractors manned by angry farmers block entrance at Caledon landfill site to trucks carrying contaminated soil from Mississauga derailment site yesterday
      Fifteen tractors manned by angry farmers block entrance at Caledon landfill site to trucks carrying contaminated soil from Mississauga derailment site yesterday
      Brazao, Dale
      11/27/1979
      Two-way parade of Farmers' Tractors on Highway 10, What they want is $4 a hundredweight for manufactured milk
      Two-way parade of Farmers' Tractors on Highway 10, What they want is $4 a hundredweight for manufactured milk
      Philp, Barry
      6/24/1966
      Before Invention of tractors, the mighty draught horses were the pride of the successful farmer
      Before Invention of tractors, the mighty draught horses were the pride of the successful farmer
      Lennon, Frank
      11/15/1973
      It was slow, slow driving for Metro motorists yesterday and today as trucks and cars groped their way along snow-swept roads and highways. This line o(...)
      It was slow, slow driving for Metro motorists yesterday and today as trucks and cars groped their way along snow-swept roads and highways. This line o(...)
      Norris, Dave
      1/27/1971
      Passenger surreys, towed by electric tractors, patrol the hallway of Terminal 2 at Toronto International Airport
      Passenger surreys, towed by electric tractors, patrol the hallway of Terminal 2 at Toronto International Airport
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      9/23/1975
      Dangerous workplace: The presence of heavy machinery, especially tractors, makes farms a perilous place for children
      Dangerous workplace: The presence of heavy machinery, especially tractors, makes farms a perilous place for children
      Cooper, David
      5/30/1988
      Digging In: John Radford says he and his partner, Rod Bain, hope their dealers next year will sell 100 to 200 tractors imported from a Spanish company once partly owned by Massey-Ferguson
      Digging In: John Radford says he and his partner, Rod Bain, hope their dealers next year will sell 100 to 200 tractors imported from a Spanish company once partly owned by Massey-Ferguson
      Beaty, Keith
      11/29/1984
      Pix of Russian Ship (Dockas this morning) Stanislavskiy Unloading Tractors for Canadian Consumption
      Pix of Russian Ship (Dockas this morning) Stanislavskiy Unloading Tractors for Canadian Consumption
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      10/3/1980
      He Switched from Tractors to Antiques, Noel Hamer has seven men working in his Brooklin garage restoring antique cars
      He Switched from Tractors to Antiques, Noel Hamer has seven men working in his Brooklin garage restoring antique cars
      Beaty, Keith
      11/4/1976
      Hundreds of cords of wood had to be cut to keep up full heads of steam in varous old time farm tractors and machinery that buffed and puffed nostalgic(...)
      Hundreds of cords of wood had to be cut to keep up full heads of steam in varous old time farm tractors and machinery that buffed and puffed nostalgic(...)
      Beaty, Keith
      8/5/1974
      Renting tea cups, tractors all in a day's work for Peter Manahan
      Renting tea cups, tractors all in a day's work for Peter Manahan
      Lennon, Frank
      10/2/1978