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Steel city no more: Wally Heinz used to be one of 3,500 workers in the Sydney steel mill in the background
Steel city no more: Wally Heinz used to be one of 3,500 workers in the Sydney steel mill in the background

Steel city no more: Wally Heinz used to be one of 3,500 workers in the Sydney steel mill in the background

Date8/14/1992
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Original Toronto Star caption: Steel city no more: Wally Heinz used to be one of 3;500 workers in the Sydney steel mill in the background.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0105535F
Steel riggers on a Metro project are among the 200,000 Ontario construction workers affected by a Construction Safety Act. An average of one in 10 workers each year reports lost-time injuries
Steel riggers on a Metro project are among the 200,000 Ontario construction workers affected by a Construction Safety Act. An average of one in 10 workers each year reports lost-time injuries
2/5/1973
Director of lifeline, a non-profit project to assist steel company workers with drug and alcohol addiction problems, Lloyd Fell says he has rehabilitated 108 workers who would otherwise have lost their jobs. Lifeline, set up by United Steelworkers and Tor
Director of lifeline, a non-profit project to assist steel company workers with drug and alcohol addiction problems, Lloyd Fell says he has rehabilitated 108 workers who would otherwise have lost their jobs. Lifeline, set up by United Steelworkers and Tor
3/26/1975
STEEL REINFORCING BARS and steel pipe-the backbone and arteries--jut up from the rising CN Tower on the Metro waterfront. Demand for steel is booming at a rate not seen since World War II. Canadian mills are straining at top capacity. One Bay St. analyst says there is no catching up for three years.
STEEL REINFORCING BARS and steel pipe-the backbone and arteries--jut up from the rising CN Tower on the Metro waterfront. Demand for steel is booming at a rate not seen since World War II. Canadian mills are straining at top capacity. One Bay St. analyst says there is no catching up for three years.
1/2/1974
Stewart Cooke leads other steel workers executives back to work
Stewart Cooke leads other steel workers executives back to work
8/8/1966
Fight for survival: Management and workers are now majority owners at Algoma Steel, which was restructured last spring
Fight for survival: Management and workers are now majority owners at Algoma Steel, which was restructured last spring
8/13/1992
Workers inspecting blast furnace cone at the Dominion Bridge Co. Ltd. steel fabrication plant
Workers inspecting blast furnace cone at the Dominion Bridge Co. Ltd. steel fabrication plant
12/31/1976
Dome's roof raised sky high. Workers and cranes position a huge steel truss into place as installation of the SkyDome's retractable roof began yesterd(...)
Dome's roof raised sky high. Workers and cranes position a huge steel truss into place as installation of the SkyDome's retractable roof began yesterd(...)
11/19/1987
Please smoke here: Dedicated smoker Heinz Fuhrman, displays guidelines urging workers to smoke in a Toronto auto repair shop, which is even offering start smoking courses
Please smoke here: Dedicated smoker Heinz Fuhrman, displays guidelines urging workers to smoke in a Toronto auto repair shop, which is even offering start smoking courses
12/1/1988
Tony Bream plays jazz on the classical guitar, feels it is a more resourceful instrument for jazz than the steel one
Tony Bream plays jazz on the classical guitar, feels it is a more resourceful instrument for jazz than the steel one
n.d.
More steel going up, Structural steel work has started rising above ground at the Commercial Union Tower, the third high-rise building in the Toronto-(...)
More steel going up, Structural steel work has started rising above ground at the Commercial Union Tower, the third high-rise building in the Toronto-(...)
1/3/1973
Sugrical gun is used by Paige Richmond to put a steel stud into the ear lobe of David Gregory, 15
Sugrical gun is used by Paige Richmond to put a steel stud into the ear lobe of David Gregory, 15
8/1/1978
Trial run was made this week when Red Hill trundled the 780-pound steel barrel, once used by his father, out of his store at the Falls and tried it ou(...)
Trial run was made this week when Red Hill trundled the 780-pound steel barrel, once used by his father, out of his store at the Falls and tried it ou(...)
3/16/1945