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To launch new Tug. The new tug, built by the Toronto Dry Dock Co., for the civic works department is almost ready for launching, Works Commissioner R.(...)
To launch new Tug. The new tug, built by the Toronto Dry Dock Co., for the civic works department is almost ready for launching, Works Commissioner R.(...)

To launch new Tug. The new tug, built by the Toronto Dry Dock Co., for the civic works department is almost ready for launching, Works Commissioner R.(...)

Date16 September 1932
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Original Toronto Star caption: To launch new Tug. The new tug; built by the Toronto Dry Dock Co.; for the civic works department is almost ready for launching; Works Commissioner R. C. Harris stated to-day. No date has been set for the ceremony. The tug; which is costing the city $65,000; is for use in the waterworks section.
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    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyNeighbourhoodHarbour
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
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    Photographs
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object NumberTSPA_0112273F
      Wearing a plastic skirt, the Toronto Island tug Ned Hanlan sits high and dry undergoing winter maintenance work at drydock on Queen's Quay. The screen(...)
      Wearing a plastic skirt, the Toronto Island tug Ned Hanlan sits high and dry undergoing winter maintenance work at drydock on Queen's Quay. The screen(...)
      Bull, Ron
      1/14/1972
      Image shows a tugboat with the Harbour buildings in the background.
      New tug for Toronto. Toronto harbor commissioners yesterday went for a short trip aboard their new $200,000 tug, the William Rest. Here the ship, equi(...)
      Darrell, Dick
      n.d.
      [Circular] The Bertram Engine Works Company, Limited of Toronto requests the pleasure of ... presence at the launching of the Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Company's new steel passenger steamer "Toronto"
      [Circular] The Bertram Engine Works Company, Limited of Toronto requests the pleasure of ... presence at the launching of the Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Company's new steel passenger steamer "Toronto"
      Bertram Engine Works Company (Toronto, Ont.)
      1898
      Image shows a few people working on board.
      Getting set in the Harbor. Getting ready for the shipping season, the Toronto Harbor Commissioners' tug the Kenneth A. sets out the channel markers. C(...)
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      3/27/1974
      The signs, said G. R. Jack, East York works commissioner, are a precautionary measure, in case the repair work being done to-day (2) causes a bump in the pavement on the roadway
      The signs, said G. R. Jack, East York works commissioner, are a precautionary measure, in case the repair work being done to-day (2) causes a bump in the pavement on the roadway
      James, W. H.
      12/16/1937
      Image shows a boat on the lake under the dark clouds.
      Toronto's civic tug cruises along the breakwater which extends from Bathurst St. to Humber river.
      Boyd, John
      11/26/1932
      Two of the four tugs grounded in lagoons and kept 200 to 300 people shivering on the docks from half an hour to an hour and a half. These people final(...)
      Two of the four tugs grounded in lagoons and kept 200 to 300 people shivering on the docks from half an hour to an hour and a half. These people final(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      16 December 1948
      First lighted signs. Joe Townsend (left) and Charles McKenzie of the Department of Public Works today put up the first of Toronto's new illuminated street signs
      First lighted signs. Joe Townsend (left) and Charles McKenzie of the Department of Public Works today put up the first of Toronto's new illuminated street signs
      Darrell, Dick
      1/17/1964
      Getting set for a tug o' boat, Two teams from the Metro police force and Toronto fire department are in the process of muscling up for Toronto's first(...)
      Getting set for a tug o' boat, Two teams from the Metro police force and Toronto fire department are in the process of muscling up for Toronto's first(...)
      Bull, Ron
      5/20/1987
      Campaign signs set up on boulevards and other public property, illegal under a new Scarborough bylaw, are picked up by the works department and piled (...)
      Campaign signs set up on boulevards and other public property, illegal under a new Scarborough bylaw, are picked up by the works department and piled (...)
      Lennon, Frank
      11/26/1974
      Little toot, Almost lost among the sail and power boats that dominate the Boat Show at the ENE, the Dutch ocean-going tug Zwarte Zee is launched by Ha(...)
      Little toot, Almost lost among the sail and power boats that dominate the Boat Show at the ENE, the Dutch ocean-going tug Zwarte Zee is launched by Ha(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      1/13/1979
      Image shows a few tug boats on the lake.
      G. R. Geary, tug, running as winter ferry to Toronto Islands
      G.R. Geary (Tugboat)
      1953-02