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On His Lonely Vigil, shipkeeper Bill Peachie looks over the 730-foot Canadian Olympic, the new $33 million grain and coal carrier in her winter berth (...)
On His Lonely Vigil, shipkeeper Bill Peachie looks over the 730-foot Canadian Olympic, the new $33 million grain and coal carrier in her winter berth (...)

On His Lonely Vigil, shipkeeper Bill Peachie looks over the 730-foot Canadian Olympic, the new $33 million grain and coal carrier in her winter berth (...)

Date1/20/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: On His Lonely Vigil; shipkeeper Bill Peachie looks over the 730-foot Canadian Olympic; the new $33 million grain and coal carrier in her winter berth at Toronto Harbor. She's loaded with a million bushels of wheat; which she'll unload with her automatic conveyor system - the ladder-like extension on top of the deck - in Quebec the April. Peachie is a $1;200-a-month oiler by trade.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0014308F
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Image shows a Captain at the Harbour with some buildings and ships in the background.
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2/15/1976
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2/28/1989
Shipkeeper Bill Cook stands on the deck of the Go one of the two ships he keeps an eye on during the wi daily inspections to check that everything is shipshap sister ship, the James Norris, are the largest grain carries now wintering in Toronto harbor. Cook receives $575 a month for keeping both ships. He lives rent-free aboard the Leitch, in the chief cook's room. [Incomplete]
Shipkeeper Bill Cook stands on the deck of the Go one of the two ships he keeps an eye on during the wi daily inspections to check that everything is shipshap sister ship, the James Norris, are the largest grain carries now wintering in Toronto harbor. Cook receives $575 a month for keeping both ships. He lives rent-free aboard the Leitch, in the chief cook's room. [Incomplete]
2/6/1972
Image shows a tugboat in front of a big ship on the lake in winter.
A giant laker hitches a ride into berth
2/22/1973
Winter vacation, The 25-ton brigantine Pathfinder is hoisted out of Lake Ontario by a 50-ton crane to dry dock at Port Credit Marina. The 60-foot squa(...)
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12/20/1930
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Grain for Bangladesh, World's largest shipment of grain is in the holds of this boat seen steaming out of Vancouver Harbor on Saturday. The Amoco Cair(...)
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5/3/1975
First ship enters port. Bruce Grout, 10, plays helsman at the wheel of oil carrier Imperial Windsor, while ship's captain James Irwin stands behind hi(...)
First ship enters port. Bruce Grout, 10, plays helsman at the wheel of oil carrier Imperial Windsor, while ship's captain James Irwin stands behind hi(...)
4/4/1970
Icebreaken Canadian Olympic Classes Regattee
Icebreaken Canadian Olympic Classes Regattee
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Image shows grain fleet viewed from Toronto Harbour.
View Toronto Harbour 1928, showing grain fleet in winter storage berths
1928?