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Filled fuses by the thousands are packed daily in this plant

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Filled fuses by the thousands are packed daily in this plant

Date7 January 1942

Names

General Engineering Company (Canada) (subject)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Unknown (photographer)

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Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Filled fuses by the thousands are packed daily in this plant. Again safety is stressed by the workers. Production is high, but not rushed in this industry. Published in Toronto Daily Star, 7 January 1942, page 15, with title ''In wartime fuse plant safety-first precautions are paramount''.||The 364 acre Geco complex extended South from Eglinton Avenue East to present-day Hymus Road, between Warden Avenue and Birchmount Road, and consisted of 172 buildings. (43.724781, -79.282701)

Subject

Equipment and supplies

Weapons industry

World War, 1939-1945

Medium

Photographs

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)

Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0019029F

Country:Canada

City, town or township:Toronto

Neighbourhood:Clairlea-Golden Mile

Province or state:Ontario

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