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Cleaning up: Gas-masked workers seal asbestos-covered beams in Sir Oliver Mowat Collegiate in Scarborough
Cleaning up: Gas-masked workers seal asbestos-covered beams in Sir Oliver Mowat Collegiate in Scarborough

Cleaning up: Gas-masked workers seal asbestos-covered beams in Sir Oliver Mowat Collegiate in Scarborough

Date3/20/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: Cleaning up: Gas-masked workers seal asbestos-covered beams in Sir Oliver Mowat Collegiate in Scarborough. They're spraying a rubbery compound on to the beams. Sir Oliver Mowat Collegiate Institute, located on Lawrence Avenue East at Charlottetown Boulevard, northwest corner. (43.779274, -79.141901)||Published in Toronto Star, 24 March 1980, page A2, with article ''Schools confused by asbestos alert''
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    GeographyBuilding Monument ParkSir Oliver Mowat Collegiate Institute
    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyNeighbourhoodPort Union-West Rouge
    GeographyEast-west streetLawrence Avenue East
    GeographyHistorical locationScarborough (Ont.)
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
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    Photographs
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0010888F
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