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Tanks dominate skyline, Gasoline and oil storage tanks, some complete, others in course of construction, have already been erected on the site of the (...)
Tanks dominate skyline, Gasoline and oil storage tanks, some complete, others in course of construction, have already been erected on the site of the (...)

Tanks dominate skyline, Gasoline and oil storage tanks, some complete, others in course of construction, have already been erected on the site of the (...)

Date11/1/1941
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Original Toronto Star caption: Tanks dominate skyline; Gasoline and oil storage tanks; some complete; others in course of construction; have already been erected on the site of the new oil refinery. Beside the new railway spur line being constructed; lake docks and wharves; as well as No. 2 highway; will provide outlets for the refinery's finished products.
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    ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
    Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
    Object NumberTSPA_0106215F
    Tank cars and oil storage tanks, Port Lands
    Tank cars and oil storage tanks, Port Lands
    Unknown
    192-?
    Image shows oil storage tanks by the lake.
    Oil storage tanks, Keating Street, Port Lands. Toronto, Ont.
    Unknown
    192-?
    Revealed? Reader's memories of early Toronto offer an intriguing theory about origin of hidden tunnels, discovered when workers were digging out gasoline tanks at King and Jarvis Sts
    Revealed? Reader's memories of early Toronto offer an intriguing theory about origin of hidden tunnels, discovered when workers were digging out gasoline tanks at King and Jarvis Sts
    Goode, Jeff
    5/10/1982
    Trunk-mounted propane tanks in Gordon Champion's car produces a dual-fuel system-propane and gasoline
    Trunk-mounted propane tanks in Gordon Champion's car produces a dual-fuel system-propane and gasoline
    Ross, Fred
    3/10/1970
    Experts believe the gasoline tanks of the wrecked plane, seem here, exploded when it crashed into a huge granite boulder. A.T.C.A. official said there(...)
    Experts believe the gasoline tanks of the wrecked plane, seem here, exploded when it crashed into a huge granite boulder. A.T.C.A. official said there(...)
    Graetz Bros.
    4/29/1947
    A photograph of storage tanks, with a road in the foreground and buildings in the background.
    Gooderham and Worts storage tanks, Parliament Street
    MacCallum, Peter
    1990
    Stricken freighter became inferno when fuel oil tanks blew up, injured skipper says Floating oil around Burning Freighter Milverton turned St. Lawrence river into sea of flame
    Stricken freighter became inferno when fuel oil tanks blew up, injured skipper says Floating oil around Burning Freighter Milverton turned St. Lawrence river into sea of flame
    Toronto Star (Firm)
    9/24/1947
    Adding the finishing touch to the Covenanter tank she helped to make, this young war worker is seen chalking up a bit of inspiration on the tank's gun and mounting
    Adding the finishing touch to the Covenanter tank she helped to make, this young war worker is seen chalking up a bit of inspiration on the tank's gun and mounting
    Toronto Star (Firm)
    11/28/1942
    Arch of tank guns was formed by four massive Centurion tanks stationed by the side of road yesterday as funeral cortege for Major General F. F. Worthi(...)
    Arch of tank guns was formed by four massive Centurion tanks stationed by the side of road yesterday as funeral cortege for Major General F. F. Worthi(...)
    Spremo, Boris
    12/13/1967
    Liquid therapy: Julie Trip relaxes in a tank of Epsom salt solution, while Elizabeth Randell gently closes the lid at Tranquility Tanks Ltd
    Liquid therapy: Julie Trip relaxes in a tank of Epsom salt solution, while Elizabeth Randell gently closes the lid at Tranquility Tanks Ltd
    Toronto Star (Firm)
    7/23/1986
    Every day more and more tanks are rumbling off production lines from factories throughout the United States
    Every day more and more tanks are rumbling off production lines from factories throughout the United States
    Toronto Star (Firm)
    4/11/1942
    One of Canada's fighting tanks, six tons of concentrated destructive power, tops a rise at Camp Borden as recruits put it through actual war paces. Th(...)
    One of Canada's fighting tanks, six tons of concentrated destructive power, tops a rise at Camp Borden as recruits put it through actual war paces. Th(...)
    Canada. Canadian Army
    10/7/1939