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The algoway makes a splash, The 650-foot Algoway - 20 feet longer than two football fields - is launched yesterday at Collingwood Shipyards after seve(...)
The algoway makes a splash, The 650-foot Algoway - 20 feet longer than two football fields - is launched yesterday at Collingwood Shipyards after seve(...)

The algoway makes a splash, The 650-foot Algoway - 20 feet longer than two football fields - is launched yesterday at Collingwood Shipyards after seve(...)

Date6/23/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: The algoway makes a splash; The 650-foot Algoway - 20 feet longer than two football fields - is launched yesterday at Collingwood Shipyards after several minutes when it refused to budge from the launching way. It was built for the Algoma Central Railway.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0014097F
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