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Steamed up: Whistles on steam engine provided music to ears of city and country folk who turned up for the 11th annual steam show
Steamed up: Whistles on steam engine provided music to ears of city and country folk who turned up for the 11th annual steam show

Steamed up: Whistles on steam engine provided music to ears of city and country folk who turned up for the 11th annual steam show

Date8/30/1982
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Original Toronto Star caption: Steamed up: Whistles on steam engine provided music to ears of city and country folk who turned up for the 11th annual steam show.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0006131F
      Unionville goes on a toot, Canadian National's 1880s steam engine, with its steam whistle tooting away, was so popular Saturday at the annual Unionvil(...)
      Unionville goes on a toot, Canadian National's 1880s steam engine, with its steam whistle tooting away, was so popular Saturday at the annual Unionvil(...)
      Norris, Dave
      6/8/1975
      Steam whistles
      Steam whistles
      Company
      18--?
      All steamed up -- and ready to go is this working model of an old-fashioned steam roller
      All steamed up -- and ready to go is this working model of an old-fashioned steam roller
      Bull, Ron
      12/1/1981
      Hear that whistle blow! Canadian National steam engine No. 6060
      Hear that whistle blow! Canadian National steam engine No. 6060
      Dinsmore, Ted
      9/5/1977
      Hobbyist Art Ellis stokes up his steam engine to take kids for a ride into the past at model railway show
      Hobbyist Art Ellis stokes up his steam engine to take kids for a ride into the past at model railway show
      Brazao, Dale
      2/17/1979
      Getting ready for a steamy weekend. John Crook, 71, has built several steam engines and some will be on display this weekend at the 18th annual Steam Threshing Days at the Quaker Hill museum grounds in Uxbridge, presented by the Oxbridge Scott Historical Society.
      Getting ready for a steamy weekend. John Crook, 71, has built several steam engines and some will be on display this weekend at the 18th annual Steam Threshing Days at the Quaker Hill museum grounds in Uxbridge, presented by the Oxbridge Scott Historical Society.
      Irish, Paul
      8/16/1989
      Still running: Wilfrid Leslie to Halton Hills gets his 1919 traction steam engine ready for the Steam Era Show in Milton this weekend
      Still running: Wilfrid Leslie to Halton Hills gets his 1919 traction steam engine ready for the Steam Era Show in Milton this weekend
      Levenston, Anne
      8/23/1982
      Jump-up time: Reggae and calypso bands had everyone swaying to the shrilling of whistles and the beat of steel drums as Caribana took to the streets yesterday
      Jump-up time: Reggae and calypso bands had everyone swaying to the shrilling of whistles and the beat of steel drums as Caribana took to the streets yesterday
      Beaty, Keith
      8/1/1981
      Just steaming along. More than 1,200 people turned out for the fourth annual steam show Saturday and Sunday at the Uxbridge-Scott Museum, where crafts(...)
      Just steaming along. More than 1,200 people turned out for the fourth annual steam show Saturday and Sunday at the Uxbridge-Scott Museum, where crafts(...)
      Dexter, Brian
      8/24/1975
      Final check: John Crook of Oshawa inspects one of the steam engines he has built. Some of his collection will be on display at the Steam Threshing Days in Uxbridge this weekend. He grew to love steam engines while helping on his father's farm in the 1930s.
      Final check: John Crook of Oshawa inspects one of the steam engines he has built. Some of his collection will be on display at the Steam Threshing Days in Uxbridge this weekend. He grew to love steam engines while helping on his father's farm in the 1930s.
      Irish, Paul
      8/4/1989
      Old but they can still cut it. The sawdust was flying during the weekend when Roy Botterill (left) cranked up this 1906 Massey-Sawyer steam engine and(...)
      Old but they can still cut it. The sawdust was flying during the weekend when Roy Botterill (left) cranked up this 1906 Massey-Sawyer steam engine and(...)
      Mahler, John
      4/23/1979
      Steam is king for a day. In the days before the internal-combustion engine, steam was king on the farm as well as on the railways and in steamships. T(...)
      Steam is king for a day. In the days before the internal-combustion engine, steam was king on the farm as well as on the railways and in steamships. T(...)
      McConnell, Colin
      8/27/1978