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Big 3.7-Inch anti-aircraft guns, built at Peterboro, are dependent on fuses from the General Engineering Co
Big 3.7-Inch anti-aircraft guns, built at Peterboro, are dependent on fuses from the General Engineering Co

Big 3.7-Inch anti-aircraft guns, built at Peterboro, are dependent on fuses from the General Engineering Co

Date30 June 1944
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  • Big 3.7-Inch anti-aircraft guns, built at Peterboro, are dependent on fuses from the General Engineering Co. plant at Scarboro. Here a 3.7 ack-ack gun is shown on display at the Geco plant, being inspected by five workers, Frances Russell, Audrey McNabb, Sydney Cumberland, Norma Clark and Betty Carroll. One of these guns can throw hundreds of heavy shells every hour.
  • Big 3.7-Inch anti-aircraft guns, built at Peterboro, are dependent on fuses from the General Engineering Co
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Original Toronto Star caption: Big 3.7-Inch anti-aircraft guns, built at Peterboro, are dependent on fuses from the General Engineering Co. plant at Scarboro. Here a 3.7 ack-ack gun is shown on display at the Geco plant, being inspected by five workers, Frances Russell, Audrey McNabb, Sydney Cumberland, Norma Clark and Betty Carroll. One of these guns can throw hundreds of heavy shells every hour. Published in Toronto Daily Star, 30 June 1944, page 13, with title ''Geco Calls The Girls, 3,400 Needed To Fill Shells''.||The 364 acre Geco complex extended South from Eglinton Avenue East to present-day Hymus Road, between Warden Avenue and Birchmount Road, and consisted of 172 buildings. (43.724781, -79.282701)
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0018945F
      GeographyCountryCanada
      Geography
      GeographyCity, town, twpToronto
      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      GeographyNeighbourhoodClairlea-Golden Mile
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      GeographyProvince or StateOntario
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      Filled fuses by the thousands are packed daily in this plant
      General Engineering Company (Canada)
      7 January 1942
      The big guns
      Lennon, Frank
      8/14/1979