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More than two million bushels of grain awaits unloading, Six mighty monarchs of the upper lakes, the grain freighters Lemoyne, 621 feet, Gleneagles, 5(...)
More than two million bushels of grain awaits unloading, Six mighty monarchs of the upper lakes, the grain freighters Lemoyne, 621 feet, Gleneagles, 5(...)

More than two million bushels of grain awaits unloading, Six mighty monarchs of the upper lakes, the grain freighters Lemoyne, 621 feet, Gleneagles, 5(...)

Date12/20/1940
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Original Toronto Star caption: More than two million bushels of grain awaits unloading; Six mighty monarchs of the upper lakes; the grain freighters Lemoyne; 621 feet; Gleneagles; 582 feet; Goderich; 480 feet; Colling wood; 386 feet; Hagarty; 536 feet and Ashcroft; 546 feetm are now wintering at Midland.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0106670F
Sown six years ago to illustrate a Bible prophecy, a handful of wheat this year will yield 100,000 bushels
Sown six years ago to illustrate a Bible prophecy, a handful of wheat this year will yield 100,000 bushels
7/29/1946
Launched: The Canadian Ambassador, operated by Upper Lakes Shipping, was put in service last July just at a time when Great Lakes' grain tonnage was on the way down
Launched: The Canadian Ambassador, operated by Upper Lakes Shipping, was put in service last July just at a time when Great Lakes' grain tonnage was on the way down
10/11/1983
The lakes freighter Algoway unburdens itself of a load of salt destined to make Metro roads safer to drive on next winter. The unloading takes seven h(...)
The lakes freighter Algoway unburdens itself of a load of salt destined to make Metro roads safer to drive on next winter. The unloading takes seven h(...)
4/15/1992
Carry a few bushels of sand for surprise storms
Carry a few bushels of sand for surprise storms
12/30/1971
CN Tower hard to miss. But the wrecker's ball fell - again and again - yesterday on Monarch Mills' waterfront grain elevators. A little camera tricker(...)
CN Tower hard to miss. But the wrecker's ball fell - again and again - yesterday on Monarch Mills' waterfront grain elevators. A little camera tricker(...)
8/16/1983
Package deal: A Federal Express freighter, named after an employee's child, awaits takeoff to Memphis
Package deal: A Federal Express freighter, named after an employee's child, awaits takeoff to Memphis
7/13/1990
Another close-up of the largest grain carrier on the Great Lakes making her way to Kingston
Another close-up of the largest grain carrier on the Great Lakes making her way to Kingston
8/27/1932
Succession of the monarchs of England : in verse, from the Conquest : with a short description of each reign, and the chronology : with explanatory notes : for the use of schools
Succession of the monarchs of England : in verse, from the Conquest : with a short description of each reign, and the chronology : with explanatory notes : for the use of schools
1809
Building luxury into lake freighters
Building luxury into lake freighters
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Buyer awaits: W. J. Sinclair, left, is set to remove the chains from White Farm Equipment, which has been shut down for more than a year. Sinclair say(...)
Buyer awaits: W. J. Sinclair, left, is set to remove the chains from White Farm Equipment, which has been shut down for more than a year. Sinclair say(...)
12/19/1983
Waterfront Scenario. There's nothing like a backyard view of the CN Tower on a mid-summer's day. Two giant freighters peer across the waterfront from (...)
Waterfront Scenario. There's nothing like a backyard view of the CN Tower on a mid-summer's day. Two giant freighters peer across the waterfront from (...)
8/19/1977
Image shows a few grain elevators by the lake.
New grain elevators reared at waterfront: Toronto's two new grain elevators; as seen looking from western gap across the Bay toward Fleet St. and city. Royal York hotel in background.
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