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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 (...)

Tanks dominate skyline, Gasoline and oil storage tanks, some complete, others in course of construction, have already been erected on the site of the (...)

Date11/1/1941
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Original Toronto Star caption: Tanks dominate skyline; Gasoline and oil storage tanks; some complete; others in course of construction; have already been erected on the site of the new oil refinery. Beside the new railway spur line being constructed; lake docks and wharves; as well as No. 2 highway; will provide outlets for the refinery's finished products.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0106215F
Tank cars and oil storage tanks, Port Lands
Tank cars and oil storage tanks, Port Lands
192-?
Image shows oil storage tanks by the lake.
Oil storage tanks, Keating Street, Port Lands. Toronto, Ont.
192-?
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
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
5/10/1982
A photograph of storage tanks, with a road in the foreground and buildings in the background.
Gooderham and Worts storage tanks, Parliament Street
1990
Stricken freighter became inferno when fuel oil tanks blew up, injured skipper says Floating oil around Burning Freighter Milverton turned St. Lawrence river into sea of flame
Stricken freighter became inferno when fuel oil tanks blew up, injured skipper says Floating oil around Burning Freighter Milverton turned St. Lawrence river into sea of flame
9/24/1947
Adding the finishing touch to the Covenanter tank she helped to make, this young war worker is seen chalking up a bit of inspiration on the tank's gun and mounting
Adding the finishing touch to the Covenanter tank she helped to make, this young war worker is seen chalking up a bit of inspiration on the tank's gun and mounting
11/28/1942
Liquid therapy: Julie Trip relaxes in a tank of Epsom salt solution, while Elizabeth Randell gently closes the lid at Tranquility Tanks Ltd
Liquid therapy: Julie Trip relaxes in a tank of Epsom salt solution, while Elizabeth Randell gently closes the lid at Tranquility Tanks Ltd
7/23/1986
Arch of tank guns was formed by four massive Centurion tanks stationed by the side of road yesterday as funeral cortege for Major General F. F. Worthi(...)
Arch of tank guns was formed by four massive Centurion tanks stationed by the side of road yesterday as funeral cortege for Major General F. F. Worthi(...)
12/13/1967
Enthusiasts in one of Ontario's most popular and fastest growing sports, scuba diving, attach air tanks and check over mouth pieces before setting out(...)
Enthusiasts in one of Ontario's most popular and fastest growing sports, scuba diving, attach air tanks and check over mouth pieces before setting out(...)
5/1/1975
Six tanks of natural gas power car, Cylinders in trunk hold 500 cubic feet compressed gas
Six tanks of natural gas power car, Cylinders in trunk hold 500 cubic feet compressed gas
8/12/1970