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Here are four of the stationary lights lined up for shipping in the Canadian General Electric Peterboro plant
Here are four of the stationary lights lined up for shipping in the Canadian General Electric Peterboro plant

Here are four of the stationary lights lined up for shipping in the Canadian General Electric Peterboro plant

Date6/28/1947
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Original Toronto Star caption: Here are four of the stationary lights lined up for shipping in the Canadian General Electric Peterboro plant. Mirrors for these searchlights come from Newcastle-on-Tyne; England; and cost $1;000 each. They have glass 9-16 of an inch thick. None of the 130 mirrors shipped to Canada so far has been lost.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0019025F
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
Carroll, Betty
30 June 1944
Defence Department officials recently announced the award of a $1,900,000 contract to this Peterboro company for anti-aircraft searchlights chiefly for west coast defences
Defence Department officials recently announced the award of a $1,900,000 contract to this Peterboro company for anti-aircraft searchlights chiefly for west coast defences
James, Norman
6/22/1941
Shop talk is a new marriage to the girls who are training at Peterboro to become gun and gun-carriage inspectors
Shop talk is a new marriage to the girls who are training at Peterboro to become gun and gun-carriage inspectors
James, Norman
3/7/1942
Down in Quebec women are playing a big role in a gun plant and here Isobel MacKenzie inspects six-pounder gun parts
Down in Quebec women are playing a big role in a gun plant and here Isobel MacKenzie inspects six-pounder gun parts
James, Norman
6/18/1942
Operating an electric Donkiey Engine in Canada's Ram tank factor, this girl is doing a man-sized job of hauling heavy equipment. She steers her way do(...)
Operating an electric Donkiey Engine in Canada's Ram tank factor, this girl is doing a man-sized job of hauling heavy equipment. She steers her way do(...)
Toronto Star (Firm)
8/1/1942
Patricia is the youngest of the Lamarche sisters at the plant
Patricia is the youngest of the Lamarche sisters at the plant
General Engineering Company (Canada)
1 March 1943
Mrs. V. Coole presents shell to col. Smith, Ajax. Sept. 11- Several thousand shell-fillers from the Ajax plant saw the 25 millionth shell to roll off (...)
Mrs. V. Coole presents shell to col. Smith, Ajax. Sept. 11- Several thousand shell-fillers from the Ajax plant saw the 25 millionth shell to roll off (...)
Toronto Star (Firm)
9/14/1944
Teacher becomes pupil in war plant
Teacher becomes pupil in war plant
Frost, Doris
6 July 1944
Filled fuses by the thousands are packed daily in this plant
Filled fuses by the thousands are packed daily in this plant
General Engineering Company (Canada)
7 January 1942
Miss Negro War Worker of the U.S. is Belle Calloun, chief wire machine operator in a war plant
Miss Negro War Worker of the U.S. is Belle Calloun, chief wire machine operator in a war plant
Toronto Star (Firm)
6/29/1943
This high precision tool in a Canadian munitions plant has an interesting history
This high precision tool in a Canadian munitions plant has an interesting history
Toronto Star (Firm)
3/23/1941
Mrs. M. E. Nicholson says, It will be hard to go back to housework after the war. Plant officials say of the grandmothers: They're better workers than(...)
Mrs. M. E. Nicholson says, It will be hard to go back to housework after the war. Plant officials say of the grandmothers: They're better workers than(...)
Toronto Star (Firm)
9/1/1943