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Adjusting: Above, former crane operator Joe Dowdall, 33, was injured in a runaway elevator accident at the Scotia Plaza construction site in August, 1987
Adjusting: Above, former crane operator Joe Dowdall, 33, was injured in a runaway elevator accident at the Scotia Plaza construction site in August, 1987

Adjusting: Above, former crane operator Joe Dowdall, 33, was injured in a runaway elevator accident at the Scotia Plaza construction site in August, 1987

Date1/12/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: Adjusting: Above, former crane operator Joe Dowdall, 33, was injured in a runaway elevator accident at the Scotia Plaza construction site in August, 1987.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0044472F
      Emergency workers bring injured crane operator Joseph Dowdall, 31, out of the elevator for transfer to hospital
      Emergency workers bring injured crane operator Joseph Dowdall, 31, out of the elevator for transfer to hospital
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      8/29/1987
      High wire heroics. Firefighters use a construction crane to lower an injured worker to safety yesterday from a stage being built at Harbourfront. The (...)
      High wire heroics. Firefighters use a construction crane to lower an injured worker to safety yesterday from a stage being built at Harbourfront. The (...)
      Mahler, John
      2/25/1992
      Folding Homes: Technology in Freedom 2000 construction allows panels to be shipped flat and raised by crane at the housing site
      Folding Homes: Technology in Freedom 2000 construction allows panels to be shipped flat and raised by crane at the housing site
      Bull, Ron
      4/4/1990
      Construction of the federal government's office building in North York is under way, with three huge cranes towering over the site. Two levels of park(...)
      Construction of the federal government's office building in North York is under way, with three huge cranes towering over the site. Two levels of park(...)
      Mahler, John
      12/30/1975
      Standing room only at Scotia Plaza site
      Standing room only at Scotia Plaza site
      Cooper, David
      10/1/1986
      Runaway locomotive killed three men -- one the engineer -- and injured another on a railway spur being built near Milton yesterday. Workers were lined(...)
      Runaway locomotive killed three men -- one the engineer -- and injured another on a railway spur being built near Milton yesterday. Workers were lined(...)
      Dexter, Brian
      3/14/1978
      Crane operator (right) works one of the world's largest mobile cranes
      Crane operator (right) works one of the world's largest mobile cranes
      Dunlop, Al
      8/11/1982
      Operator of Standing Derrick. Sam Jones, operator of the derrick which stood the strain of the collapse of the crane on the opposite bank of the Wella(...)
      Operator of Standing Derrick. Sam Jones, operator of the derrick which stood the strain of the collapse of the crane on the opposite bank of the Wella(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      8/3/1928
      What floor, please? Wolfgang Schnetz is one of the few elevator operators left in Toronto
      What floor, please? Wolfgang Schnetz is one of the few elevator operators left in Toronto
      Bull, Ron
      8/14/1980
      A girl crane operator, Mrs. Blanche Millette, lifts a ten-ton load as easily as she would operate a sewing machine. She is one of thousands praying women have a definite place in ward plants
      A girl crane operator, Mrs. Blanche Millette, lifts a ten-ton load as easily as she would operate a sewing machine. She is one of thousands praying women have a definite place in ward plants
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      1/1/1943
      On top of things as he talks to the crane operator is Bill (Sweet William) Eustace, the ironworkers' signalman on the afternoon shift of the CN Tower (...)
      On top of things as he talks to the crane operator is Bill (Sweet William) Eustace, the ironworkers' signalman on the afternoon shift of the CN Tower (...)
      Bezant, Graham
      10/19/1973
      Sparring match, Crew member Vasil Ivanov guides a crane operator who is installing a new bowsprit on the Toronto tall ship Empire Sandy. This bowsprit(...)
      Sparring match, Crew member Vasil Ivanov guides a crane operator who is installing a new bowsprit on the Toronto tall ship Empire Sandy. This bowsprit(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      12/4/1992