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Glace Bay's no.26 colliery, where 1,300 local miners once worked, sits idle after fire tore through it a year ago
Glace Bay's no.26 colliery, where 1,300 local miners once worked, sits idle after fire tore through it a year ago

Glace Bay's no.26 colliery, where 1,300 local miners once worked, sits idle after fire tore through it a year ago

Date2/6/1985
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Original Toronto Star caption: Glace Bay's no.26 colliery; where 1;300 local miners once worked; sits idle after fire tore through it a year ago
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0105539F
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