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A banker raises the roof, Raising the roof proved a simple matter yesterday for W
A banker raises the roof, Raising the roof proved a simple matter yesterday for W

A banker raises the roof, Raising the roof proved a simple matter yesterday for W

Date7/24/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: A banker raises the roof; Raising the roof proved a simple matter yesterday for W. D. H. Gardiner. Deputy chairman of the Royal Bank of Canada. All he did was haul back on a switch to activate 44 hydraulic lifting jacks which started to raise 350 tons of steel. Roof will cover banking hall of the new Royal Bank Plaza at Bay and Front.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0109499F
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