Skip to main content
Digital Archive Ontario Homepage
Waterfront bridge starts work. A $1,000,000 shortcut for truck traffic to the waterfront industrial area south of the Keating Channel, this new lift b(...)
Waterfront bridge starts work. A $1,000,000 shortcut for truck traffic to the waterfront industrial area south of the Keating Channel, this new lift b(...)

Waterfront bridge starts work. A $1,000,000 shortcut for truck traffic to the waterfront industrial area south of the Keating Channel, this new lift b(...)

Date8/27/1968
Names
(photographer)
FormatPicture
Notes
Original Toronto Star caption: Waterfront bridge starts work. A $1;000;000 shortcut for truck traffic to the waterfront industrial area south of the Keating Channel; this new lift bridge on Cherry St. will start operating this week. The smal; high-rise booth on the right of bridge is the operator's cabin.
Subject
    Medium
    Photographs
    Language
      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0109651F
      Cherry St., looking south from Keating Channel bridge
      Cherry St., looking south from Keating Channel bridge
      Unknown
      1929 circa
      Cherry St., looking south from Keating Channel bridge
      Cherry St., looking south from Keating Channel bridge
      Unknown
      1930?
      Double trouble. Twin marathoners Sylviane, right, and Patricia Puntous of Montreal practise along Toronto's waterfront for Sunday's Eaton's race. It starts at 9 a.m. opposite City Hall
      Double trouble. Twin marathoners Sylviane, right, and Patricia Puntous of Montreal practise along Toronto's waterfront for Sunday's Eaton's race. It starts at 9 a.m. opposite City Hall
      Puntous, Patricia
      5/2/1984
      William Archer starts a 14-mile tour of waterfront at gate to Scarborough Bluffs
      William Archer starts a 14-mile tour of waterfront at gate to Scarborough Bluffs
      Archer, William
      8/7/1969
      CHERRY ST., bridge over Keating Channel, showing freighter 'Britamoil'. Toronto, Ontario
      CHERRY ST., bridge over Keating Channel, showing freighter 'Britamoil'. Toronto, Ontario
      Britamoil (Ship)
      1952?-02
      Image shows an aerial view of the Harbour.
      Aerial view: The open area west of the Toronto Star building and south of the Gardiner Expressway is where the project would be.-On the left is the Harbor Castle Convention Centre and Harbor Castle Hilton Hotel. On the right is the Toronto Star building. The project would encompass 2 million square feet of office and commercial space and link the waterfront to the downtown area.
      Bull, Ron
      7/30/1984
      On the right track: Renowed architect Ralph Erskine of Sweden says Toronto's downtown and waterfront areas will undergo an exciting transformation by the year 2001. Where railways now divide city dwellers from the lake. Erskine sees gardens, housing, shops and theatres springing up over the next 20 years - adding new life to the city. But he wants that Metro's highrise suburbs could become ghettos.
      On the right track: Renowed architect Ralph Erskine of Sweden says Toronto's downtown and waterfront areas will undergo an exciting transformation by the year 2001. Where railways now divide city dwellers from the lake. Erskine sees gardens, housing, shops and theatres springing up over the next 20 years - adding new life to the city. But he wants that Metro's highrise suburbs could become ghettos.
      Goode, Jeff
      11/4/1981
      Passing the salt, Workers directing trucks awaiting loads below watch yesterday as a crane starts to move a mountain of salt on Unwin Ave. near Cherry(...)
      Passing the salt, Workers directing trucks awaiting loads below watch yesterday as a crane starts to move a mountain of salt on Unwin Ave. near Cherry(...)
      Mahler, John
      5/23/1990
      Image shows a huge ship on the lake with some waterfront buildings in the background.
      On waterfront: Containerized ocean shipments have favored St. Lawrence; Atlantic ports over Toronto but Ontario's deputy transport minister Harold Gilbert expects a resurgence in traffic.
      Spremo, Boris
      9/12/1981
      Showing Bay Street Subway on 4th July 1930, through which waterfront traffic passes uptown and street cars carry passengers direct to and from the steamship and ferry docks
      Showing Bay Street Subway on 4th July 1930, through which waterfront traffic passes uptown and street cars carry passengers direct to and from the steamship and ferry docks
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      7/4/1930
      A parking tag nag. One of Metro's mounted policemen demonstrates the tricky art of traffic-ticket dressage on the waterfront yesterday. In this manoeu(...)
      A parking tag nag. One of Metro's mounted policemen demonstrates the tricky art of traffic-ticket dressage on the waterfront yesterday. In this manoeu(...)
      Cooper, David
      3/17/1987
      The Burlington Canal Lift Bridge bridge was opened to permit sailboats to pass through and caused record-breaking weekend traffic. Burlington, Ontario
      The Burlington Canal Lift Bridge bridge was opened to permit sailboats to pass through and caused record-breaking weekend traffic. Burlington, Ontario
      Cole, Eric
      7/5/1948