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Image Not Available for Operation thought to take two days accomplished in fi fteen minutes-unique in an nals of railroad history
Operation thought to take two days accomplished in fi fteen minutes-unique in an nals of railroad history
Image Not Available for Operation thought to take two days accomplished in fi fteen minutes-unique in an nals of railroad history

Operation thought to take two days accomplished in fi fteen minutes-unique in an nals of railroad history

Date3/3/1931
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  • Operation thought to take two days accomplished in fi fteen minutes-unique in an nals of railroad history
  • Operation thought to take two days accomplished in fi fteen minutes-unique in an nals of railroad history. To-day marked the accomplishment of an engineering feat unique in the annals of railroad history, when the old span of the Bathurst St. bridge was swung into place along a roller skidway to meet the new span and then straighten out the Bathurst St. Jog. [Incomplete]
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Original Toronto Star caption: Operation thought to take two days accomplished in fi fteen minutes-unique in an nals of railroad history. To-day marked the accomplishment of an engineering feat unique in the annals of railroad history, when the old span of the Bathurst St. bridge was swung into place along a roller skidway to meet the new span and then straighten out the Bathurst St. Jog. [Incomplete]
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0109613F
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