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A Bit Of Lighthouse Keeping, A 32-foot-high lighthouse that has helped guide sailors through Toronto harbor's Eastern Gap since 1895 was hoisted away yesterday by a Harbor Commission derrick
A Bit Of Lighthouse Keeping, A 32-foot-high lighthouse that has helped guide sailors through Toronto harbor's Eastern Gap since 1895 was hoisted away yesterday by a Harbor Commission derrick

A Bit Of Lighthouse Keeping, A 32-foot-high lighthouse that has helped guide sailors through Toronto harbor's Eastern Gap since 1895 was hoisted away yesterday by a Harbor Commission derrick

Date4/27/1973
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  • A Bit Of Lighthouse Keeping, A 32-foot-high lighthouse that has helped guide sailors through Toronto harbor's Eastern Gap since 1895 was hoisted away yesterday by a Harbor Commission derrick
  • A Bit Of Lighthouse Keeping; A 32-foot-high lighthouse that has helped guide sailors through Toronto harbor's Eastern Gap since 1895 was hoisted away yesterday by a Harbor Commission derrick.
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Original Toronto Star caption: A Bit Of Lighthouse Keeping; A 32-foot-high lighthouse that has helped guide sailors through Toronto harbor's Eastern Gap since 1895 was hoisted away yesterday by a Harbor Commission derrick.
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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_0009150F
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