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Decorative guardrail is welded from the anchor chain of two ships sunk off Exhibition Park to form a breakwater, first step in building Ontario Place.(...)
Decorative guardrail is welded from the anchor chain of two ships sunk off Exhibition Park to form a breakwater, first step in building Ontario Place.(...)

Decorative guardrail is welded from the anchor chain of two ships sunk off Exhibition Park to form a breakwater, first step in building Ontario Place.(...)

Date10/27/1970
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  • Decorative guardrail is welded from the anchor chain of two ships sunk off Exhibition Park to form a breakwater, first step in building Ontario Place.(...)
  • Decorative guardrail is welded from the anchor chain of two ships sunk off Exhibition Park to form a breakwater; first step in building Ontario Place. Across lagoon is skeleton of the theatre called world's most advanced.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Decorative guardrail is welded from the anchor chain of two ships sunk off Exhibition Park to form a breakwater; first step in building Ontario Place. Across lagoon is skeleton of the theatre called world's most advanced.
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      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0112097F
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