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The wreckage of 100-year-old Gostick horse, demolished to make way for the proposed airport at Pickering, has been dumped next to the farm of Ernie Ca(...)
The wreckage of 100-year-old Gostick horse, demolished to make way for the proposed airport at Pickering, has been dumped next to the farm of Ernie Ca(...)

The wreckage of 100-year-old Gostick horse, demolished to make way for the proposed airport at Pickering, has been dumped next to the farm of Ernie Ca(...)

Date8/14/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: The wreckage of 100-year-old Gostick horse; demolished to make way for the proposed airport at Pickering; has been dumped next to the farm of Ernie Carruthers; the only landowner remaining on the site. The driver of a dump truck walks away after dumping his load.
Subject
    GeographyBuilding Monument ParkPickering Airport (1970s)
    GeographyCity, town, townshipPickering
    GeographyRegion or DistrictDurham (Ont. : Regional municipality)
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
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    Photographs
    Language
      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0011546F
      Fireman patrol wreckage of the Bebbington home which was demolished in one bewildering instant Saturday by an explosion, the exact nature of which has(...)
      Fireman patrol wreckage of the Bebbington home which was demolished in one bewildering instant Saturday by an explosion, the exact nature of which has(...)
      Darrell, Dick
      2/27/1956
      Protesting the expropriation of farmland to make way for the proposed Pickering airport, People OrPlanes members Margaret Godfrey (right) and Rhoda Al(...)
      Protesting the expropriation of farmland to make way for the proposed Pickering airport, People OrPlanes members Margaret Godfrey (right) and Rhoda Al(...)
      Lennon, Frank
      9/23/1975
      This is a view of the main street of the villlage of Brougham, slated to make way for the proposed Pickering airport
      This is a view of the main street of the villlage of Brougham, slated to make way for the proposed Pickering airport
      Loek, Dick
      3/10/1972
      Fight lost to save 100-year-old maple, A bid to save a 100-year-old tree in downtown Toronto from being cut down to make way for an office development has failed
      Fight lost to save 100-year-old maple, A bid to save a 100-year-old tree in downtown Toronto from being cut down to make way for an office development has failed
      Ross, Fred
      7/6/1972
      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
      One of the oldest schools in South Peel, 57-year-old Forest Avenue Public School in Port Credit, will be demolished this month to make way for a new s(...)
      One of the oldest schools in South Peel, 57-year-old Forest Avenue Public School in Port Credit, will be demolished this month to make way for a new s(...)
      Calleja, Frank
      3/18/1974
      No more secrets: When Ray Found, 71, of Ajax heard Pickering Beach School might be demolished, he revealed that two straps, now 60 years old, were hidden under floorboards
      No more secrets: When Ray Found, 71, of Ajax heard Pickering Beach School might be demolished, he revealed that two straps, now 60 years old, were hidden under floorboards
      Russell, Jim
      4/19/1983
      Touch of old in the new, When the Bay Theatre is demolished to make way for the Simpson Tower wreckers will take special care of these stones sculptures in the facade
      Touch of old in the new, When the Bay Theatre is demolished to make way for the Simpson Tower wreckers will take special care of these stones sculptures in the facade
      James, Norman
      6/15/1965
      Touch of old in the new, When the Bay Theatre is demolished to make way for the Simpson Tower wreckers will take special care of these stones sculptures in the facade
      Touch of old in the new, When the Bay Theatre is demolished to make way for the Simpson Tower wreckers will take special care of these stones sculptures in the facade
      James, Norman
      6/15/1965
      Dumped on: Newton and Leona Piercey and their son Paul, in tractor, were told last Friday their Caledon farm, near Bolton, is one of five remaining contenders to be the next regional dump for Peel
      Dumped on: Newton and Leona Piercey and their son Paul, in tractor, were told last Friday their Caledon farm, near Bolton, is one of five remaining contenders to be the next regional dump for Peel
      Dexter, Brian
      11/20/1992
      Don Vale. Meeting have been held-nothing has been demolished, built
      Don Vale. Meeting have been held-nothing has been demolished, built
      Darrell, Dick
      5/5/1967
      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