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Mopping up

Date5/10/1991

Names

Slaughter, Mike (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Mopping up: Coast guard crews position booms around the tanker Eastern Shell yesterday in Georgian Bay; trying to contain as much as 160;000 litres (35;000 gallons) of spilled gasoline and diesel fuel.

Subject

Shipwrecks

Disasters

Ships

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0014194F

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