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Revealed? Reader's memories of early Toronto offer an intriguing theory about origin of hidden tunnels, discovered when workers were digging out gasoline tanks at King and Jarvis Sts
Revealed? Reader's memories of early Toronto offer an intriguing theory about origin of hidden tunnels, discovered when workers were digging out gasoline tanks at King and Jarvis Sts

Revealed? Reader's memories of early Toronto offer an intriguing theory about origin of hidden tunnels, discovered when workers were digging out gasoline tanks at King and Jarvis Sts

Date5/10/1982
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Original Toronto Star caption: Revealed? Reader's memories of early Toronto offer an intriguing theory about origin of hidden tunnels, discovered when workers were digging out gasoline tanks at King and Jarvis Sts.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0017777F
In bygone years trains steamed for four blocks under the city of Brockville in a tunnel completed in 1860 by the Brockville and Ottawa Railway of faded memory
In bygone years trains steamed for four blocks under the city of Brockville in a tunnel completed in 1860 by the Brockville and Ottawa Railway of faded memory
5/4/1985
It's the country's oldest railroad tunnel, and it runs under five blocks of Brockville, Ontario
It's the country's oldest railroad tunnel, and it runs under five blocks of Brockville, Ontario
12/15/1962
South portal of the Brockville Tunnel, built in 1854-58, showing the manner in which it passes directly beneath the City Hall
South portal of the Brockville Tunnel, built in 1854-58, showing the manner in which it passes directly beneath the City Hall
1928
Sir Henry Tyler, M.P. president and the directors of the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada and of the St. Clair Tunnel Company request the honor of your presence at luncheon at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday the 19th of September, 1891 at Sarnia, Ont. ...
Sir Henry Tyler, M.P. president and the directors of the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada and of the St. Clair Tunnel Company request the honor of your presence at luncheon at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday the 19th of September, 1891 at Sarnia, Ont. ...
1891
Concept view of Burlington Skyway Tunnel. Burlington, Ontario
Concept view of Burlington Skyway Tunnel. Burlington, Ontario
1982-01
Going Underground in a tunnel under University Ave
Going Underground in a tunnel under University Ave
11/28/1971
Tan cover. On the left side, coming out of the spine, is a half globe. The globe is divided wit ...
Through the earth
1898
Tanks dominate skyline, Gasoline and oil storage tanks, some complete, others in course of construction, have already been erected on the site of the (...)
Tanks dominate skyline, Gasoline and oil storage tanks, some complete, others in course of construction, have already been erected on the site of the (...)
11/1/1941
Trunk-mounted propane tanks in Gordon Champion's car produces a dual-fuel system-propane and gasoline
Trunk-mounted propane tanks in Gordon Champion's car produces a dual-fuel system-propane and gasoline
3/10/1970
Experts believe the gasoline tanks of the wrecked plane, seem here, exploded when it crashed into a huge granite boulder. A.T.C.A. official said there(...)
Experts believe the gasoline tanks of the wrecked plane, seem here, exploded when it crashed into a huge granite boulder. A.T.C.A. official said there(...)
4/29/1947
Now it's gasoline by the litre, The first metric service station in Canada is the one at Jarvis and Isabella Sts
Now it's gasoline by the litre, The first metric service station in Canada is the one at Jarvis and Isabella Sts
4/9/1975
Memories of Christmas past are discussed by Charlie Webb, left, and Major Austin Millar of the Salvation Army at the Harbor Light Centre on Jarvis St.(...)
Memories of Christmas past are discussed by Charlie Webb, left, and Major Austin Millar of the Salvation Army at the Harbor Light Centre on Jarvis St.(...)
12/20/1972