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Workman erects steel framework for CN Tower restaurant
Workman erects steel framework for CN Tower restaurant

Workman erects steel framework for CN Tower restaurant

Date11/25/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Workman erects steel framework for CN Tower restaurant. The reseaurant will be part of seven-level skypod resting at 1;100 foot level providing dining at height somewhere between Eiffel Tower and Empire State Building.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0109810F
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      Spremo, Boris
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      Spremo, Boris
      3/19/1975
      Workman Yvon Rainville, atop the CN tower, lifts his coffee cup in salute to his fellow workers as their towers reaches 785 feet, making it one foot t(...)
      Workman Yvon Rainville, atop the CN tower, lifts his coffee cup in salute to his fellow workers as their towers reaches 785 feet, making it one foot t(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      9/26/1973
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      Canada's Wonderland
      4/2/1981
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      STEEL REINFORCING BARS and steel pipe-the backbone and arteries--jut up from the rising CN Tower on the Metro waterfront. Demand for steel is booming at a rate not seen since World War II. Canadian mills are straining at top capacity. One Bay St. analyst says there is no catching up for three years.
      Erickson, Ray
      1/2/1974
      Tumbling down the tower. Stuntman Roger Brown, padded everywhere except on his head, rolls down the CN Tower's 1,760 steels steps today to try to rais(...)
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      Spremo, Boris
      9/9/1981
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      5/3/1975
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      Bezant, Graham
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      City council members
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      Bezant, Graham
      July 8, 1975
      Memorial arch at the Royal Military College is framework for marching squad of cadets, the first class of the post-war training period at the Kingston school
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      Royal Military College of Canada
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