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On the move from land expropriated for the proposed Pickering airport, a three-bedroom house was transported up Brock Rd. yesterday toward new site on(...)
On the move from land expropriated for the proposed Pickering airport, a three-bedroom house was transported up Brock Rd. yesterday toward new site on(...)

On the move from land expropriated for the proposed Pickering airport, a three-bedroom house was transported up Brock Rd. yesterday toward new site on(...)

Date8/14/1975
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  • On the move from land expropriated for the proposed Pickering airport, a three-bedroom house was transported up Brock Rd. yesterday toward new site on Scugog Island. It collapsed later, blocking Regional Road 7 to all traffic.
  • On the move from land expropriated for the proposed Pickering airport, a three-bedroom house was transported up Brock Rd. yesterday toward new site on(...)
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Original Toronto Star caption: On the move from land expropriated for the proposed Pickering airport, a three-bedroom house was transported up Brock Rd. yesterday toward new site on Scugog Island. It collapsed later, blocking Regional Road 7 to all traffic.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0002886F
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      One of the first major auctions on expropriated property on the proposed Pickering airport site cleared out a backyard full of memories for the Lloyd (...)
      One of the first major auctions on expropriated property on the proposed Pickering airport site cleared out a backyard full of memories for the Lloyd (...)
      Beaty, Keith
      10/14/1974
      It never happened: Farmland expropriated for the proposed Pickering airport
      It never happened: Farmland expropriated for the proposed Pickering airport
      Beaty, Keith
      9/17/1979
      Pickering protesters, from left, Brenda Davies, Frances Moore and Anne Howes, occupied house on proposed site of airport to prevent demolition. Reader(...)
      Pickering protesters, from left, Brenda Davies, Frances Moore and Anne Howes, occupied house on proposed site of airport to prevent demolition. Reader(...)
      Barkley, Harold
      4/22/1975
      Dump site blast: Windows were blown out of a wooden building at the Brock West landfill site in Pickering yesterday after an explosion blamed on a build-up of methane gas
      Dump site blast: Windows were blown out of a wooden building at the Brock West landfill site in Pickering yesterday after an explosion blamed on a build-up of methane gas
      Dunlop, Al
      2/15/1988
      Padlocked gates blocked some roads on the site of the proposed airport at Pickering yesterday, protected by security guards working for the federal go(...)
      Padlocked gates blocked some roads on the site of the proposed airport at Pickering yesterday, protected by security guards working for the federal go(...)
      Bezant, Graham
      9/24/1975
      Abandoned farmhouse: Typical of the decay prevalent among buildings expropriated in the mid-'70s by the federal and provincial governments to build the ill-fated Pickering international airport
      Abandoned farmhouse: Typical of the decay prevalent among buildings expropriated in the mid-'70s by the federal and provincial governments to build the ill-fated Pickering international airport
      Dunlop, Al
      5/14/1981
      Sculptor Bill Lishman is trying to sell his 23-foot model of the lunar-lander Eagle to a museum, if he doesn't, he says he'll move his family into it when government expropriates land near Brougham for the proposed new airport
      Sculptor Bill Lishman is trying to sell his 23-foot model of the lunar-lander Eagle to a museum, if he doesn't, he says he'll move his family into it when government expropriates land near Brougham for the proposed new airport
      Erickson, Ray
      5/15/1973
      The lifestyle: This Whitevale home is typical of the type of lovely old Canadiana farmhouse which will be affected by the proposed airport site near Pickering
      The lifestyle: This Whitevale home is typical of the type of lovely old Canadiana farmhouse which will be affected by the proposed airport site near Pickering
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      5/4/1972
      Expropriated 17 years ago, farmer james Sterling still stills his land in Scarborough waiting for three levels of government and countless boards to determine the fate of oft-postponed Malvern project
      Expropriated 17 years ago, farmer james Sterling still stills his land in Scarborough waiting for three levels of government and countless boards to determine the fate of oft-postponed Malvern project
      James, Norman
      3/5/1970
      Clearing the way for the proposed Pickering airport, Tom Gretton rams his bulldozer into an old shed north of Brougham yesterday and goes right up on (...)
      Clearing the way for the proposed Pickering airport, Tom Gretton rams his bulldozer into an old shed north of Brougham yesterday and goes right up on (...)
      Bezant, Graham
      8/20/1975
      Strong message: Residents of Pickering and Markham join their mayors yesterday at the Mark-ham-Pickering Town Line, south of Highway 7, to launch a campaign to fight proposed dump sites
      Strong message: Residents of Pickering and Markham join their mayors yesterday at the Mark-ham-Pickering Town Line, south of Highway 7, to launch a campaign to fight proposed dump sites
      Lautens, Richard
      12/11/1992
      Ordering wreckers away yesterday fromhis expropriated home (in background), Jack Coltman, 60, argues with William Wasylyk (left), the owner of Lakeview Salvage Co., and Constable John Buchanan. Coltman says he has received no settlement yet for his expropriated property on Balfour Ave. and believes under this condition he can claim new rights under recent provincial expropriation legislation. His home was one of nine expropriated for new seperate school.
      Ordering wreckers away yesterday fromhis expropriated home (in background), Jack Coltman, 60, argues with William Wasylyk (left), the owner of Lakeview Salvage Co., and Constable John Buchanan. Coltman says he has received no settlement yet for his expropriated property on Balfour Ave. and believes under this condition he can claim new rights under recent provincial expropriation legislation. His home was one of nine expropriated for new seperate school.
      Teskey, Frank
      1/3/1969