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Thumbing a lift at new $8,000,000 CN freight complex opened yesterday at Keele St
Thumbing a lift at new $8,000,000 CN freight complex opened yesterday at Keele St

Thumbing a lift at new $8,000,000 CN freight complex opened yesterday at Keele St

Date6/29/1967
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Original Toronto Star caption: Thumbing a lift at new $8;000;000 CN freight complex opened yesterday at Keele St. and Highway 401 is understandable - it's nearly a mile long. Hitch-hiker William Allen; Metro chairman; tries his luck with CN President N. J. MacMillan on personnel car.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0012570F
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