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Tractor rally: Scarborough farmers driving tractors slow motorists' progress on Beare Rd

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Tractor rally: Scarborough farmers driving tractors slow motorists' progress on Beare Rd

Date5/20/1988

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Irish, Paul (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Tractor rally: Scarborough farmers driving tractors slow motorists' progress on Beare Rd. near Finch Ave. during rush hour yesterday to demonstrate how traffic would be affected if Metro decides to reopen the Beare Rd. landfill site. Beare Road Landfill, bounded by Finch Avenue East to the north, Scarborough-Pickering Town line to the east, hydro corridor to the south, and CN rail line to the west. (43.82507, -79.161683)||Published in Toronto Star, 21 May 1988, page A8, with article ''Dump foes snarl traffic in protest''.

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Traffic congestion

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0012002F

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