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The Duchess V, a 40-tonne tug that sank in Toronto harbor's ship channel near the Cherry St
The Duchess V, a 40-tonne tug that sank in Toronto harbor's ship channel near the Cherry St

The Duchess V, a 40-tonne tug that sank in Toronto harbor's ship channel near the Cherry St

Date3/9/1992
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Original Toronto Star caption: The Duchess V; a 40-tonne tug that sank in Toronto harbor's ship channel near the Cherry St. bridge last week; is raised above; from the bottom by a barge crane; below; belonging to waterman's Service (Scott) Ltd. The cause of the sinking is not known. No one was injured in the accident.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0014169F
      The Duchess V, a 40-tonne tug that sank in Toronto harbor's ship channel near the Cherry St
      The Duchess V, a 40-tonne tug that sank in Toronto harbor's ship channel near the Cherry St
      Loek, Dick
      3/9/1992
      The yachtman and coaster's book of reference: giving courses and distances, with the relative bearings of the light houses and light ships, from Cape Hatteras to St. John's, N.B., with reliable sailing directions for seventy-five harbors and ports, as compiled from the latest U.S. coast surveys
      The yachtman and coaster's book of reference: giving courses and distances, with the relative bearings of the light houses and light ships, from Cape Hatteras to St. John's, N.B., with reliable sailing directions for seventy-five harbors and ports, as compiled from the latest U.S. coast surveys
      F.W. Lincoln Jr. & Co.
      1881
      Image shows a few people working on board.
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      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      3/27/1974
      Image shows a tugboat with the Harbour buildings in the background.
      New tug for Toronto. Toronto harbor commissioners yesterday went for a short trip aboard their new $200,000 tug, the William Rest. Here the ship, equi(...)
      Darrell, Dick
      n.d.
      Russell Construction Ltd., TUG NO. 5, in Ship Channel
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      Russell Construction Ltd
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      CHANCELLOR, tug, in Ship Channel
      CHANCELLOR, tug, in Ship Channel
      Chancellor (Tugboat)
      1955
      Cherry St., bridge over ship channel
      Cherry St., bridge over ship channel
      Unknown
      1930?
      Cherry St., bridge over ship channel
      Cherry St., bridge over ship channel
      Salmon, James V. (James Victor)
      1952
      Cherry St., bridge over ship channel
      Cherry St., bridge over ship channel
      Salmon, James V. (James Victor)
      1939 August
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      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      4/27/1973
      Image shows two tankers on the lake.
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      Spremo, Boris
      12/22/1976
      Downtown sailors, Against the backdrop of downtown Toronto, these sailing enthusiasts were not concerned with the harbor's cold waters as they practis(...)
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      Beaty, Keith
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