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Here are four of the stationary lights lined up for shipping in the Canadian General Electric Peterboro plant

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Here are four of the stationary lights lined up for shipping in the Canadian General Electric Peterboro plant

Date6/28/1947

Names

James, Norman (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Here are four of the stationary lights lined up for shipping in the Canadian General Electric Peterboro plant. Mirrors for these searchlights come from Newcastle-on-Tyne; England; and cost $1;000 each. They have glass 9-16 of an inch thick. None of the 130 mirrors shipped to Canada so far has been lost.

Subject

Weapons industry

World War, 1939-1945

Medium

Photographs

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0019025F

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