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Trainload of scrap entering Stelco Plant at Hamilton Provokes Brawl between police and pickets
Trainload of scrap entering Stelco Plant at Hamilton Provokes Brawl between police and pickets

Trainload of scrap entering Stelco Plant at Hamilton Provokes Brawl between police and pickets

Date8/5/1966
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Original Toronto Star caption: Trainload of scrap entering Stelco Plant at Hamilton Provokes Brawl between police and pickets. Company tried to prove a point by bringing in the train. Railway union men decided against braving the melee and backed the train out of the gate.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0016174F
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