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. . . And it's a long way to the ground. Looking straight down on the restaurant framework from approximately 1,815 feet (553.3 m) up, the CN Tower is(...)
. . . And it's a long way to the ground. Looking straight down on the restaurant framework from approximately 1,815 feet (553.3 m) up, the CN Tower is(...)

. . . And it's a long way to the ground. Looking straight down on the restaurant framework from approximately 1,815 feet (553.3 m) up, the CN Tower is(...)

Date8/21/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: . . . And it's a long way to the ground. Looking straight down on the restaurant framework from approximately 1,815 feet (553.3 m) up, the CN Tower is a dizzying sight. The 1,815-foot level will be the second observation deck, the highest point at which the public will be admitted when the tower opens next summer. The forms for the pod were inched up over eight days. The next challenge is construction of the 325-ton, 300-foot antenna that will top the tower.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0109811F
Workman erects steel framework for CN Tower restaurant
Workman erects steel framework for CN Tower restaurant
11/25/1974
World's tallest free-standing statue? The 1,815-foot-high CN Tower appears to dwindle in the back-ground, viewed from this angle behind teh gigantic s(...)
World's tallest free-standing statue? The 1,815-foot-high CN Tower appears to dwindle in the back-ground, viewed from this angle behind teh gigantic s(...)
9/22/1976
Cleaning up -- and up. Few people disturb Tony Tracy (circled) as he cleans the concrete on the 1,815-foot-high CN Tower yesterday. He's at about 1,40(...)
Cleaning up -- and up. Few people disturb Tony Tracy (circled) as he cleans the concrete on the 1,815-foot-high CN Tower yesterday. He's at about 1,40(...)
6/2/1976
Sitting on top of Toronto. Perched 1,470 feet above Toronto and 27 feet out from the growing CN Tower, iron worker Larry Porter pulls at the hook of a(...)
Sitting on top of Toronto. Perched 1,470 feet above Toronto and 27 feet out from the growing CN Tower, iron worker Larry Porter pulls at the hook of a(...)
6/6/1974
Five inches over the designer's height of 1,815 feet, was the decision on the CN Tower by Ross McWhirter, who puts out the Guinness Book of World Reco(...)
Five inches over the designer's height of 1,815 feet, was the decision on the CN Tower by Ross McWhirter, who puts out the Guinness Book of World Reco(...)
4/2/1975
Workman Yvon Rainville, atop the CN tower, lifts his coffee cup in salute to his fellow workers as their towers reaches 785 feet, making it one foot t(...)
Workman Yvon Rainville, atop the CN tower, lifts his coffee cup in salute to his fellow workers as their towers reaches 785 feet, making it one foot t(...)
9/26/1973
Fire on the CN Tower. Fire broke out at CN Tower about 2 p.m. today, above observation level, about 1,500 ft. up the 1,815-ft. tower. Thick smoke pour(...)
Fire on the CN Tower. Fire broke out at CN Tower about 2 p.m. today, above observation level, about 1,500 ft. up the 1,815-ft. tower. Thick smoke pour(...)
July 8, 1975
Up goes the CN tower's crown. That crown-like structure that has been inching up the CN Tower is 350 tons of pod structure that will be the forms of t(...)
Up goes the CN tower's crown. That crown-like structure that has been inching up the CN Tower is 350 tons of pod structure that will be the forms of t(...)
8/21/1974
It's a long, long way down. Carrying a 40-pound balancing rod, Jay Cochrane (left) walks 287 feet along an almost invisible wire strung 490 feet up ye(...)
It's a long, long way down. Carrying a 40-pound balancing rod, Jay Cochrane (left) walks 287 feet along an almost invisible wire strung 490 feet up ye(...)
11/5/1975
It's a long, long way down. Carrying a 40-pound balancing rod, Jay Cochrane (left) walks 287 feet along an almost invisible wire strung 490 feet up ye(...)
It's a long, long way down. Carrying a 40-pound balancing rod, Jay Cochrane (left) walks 287 feet along an almost invisible wire strung 490 feet up ye(...)
11/6/1975
Protective coat for CN tower. All-weather coating to protect the CN tower's mast from ice and snow is being installed. First sections of the fiberglas(...)
Protective coat for CN tower. All-weather coating to protect the CN tower's mast from ice and snow is being installed. First sections of the fiberglas(...)
6/15/1975
. . 2 . . 1 . . Lifttoff! No, No, the CN Tower is not headed for space, with vapor spewing from its base. It is framed on a cold day by the 300-ton he(...)
. . 2 . . 1 . . Lifttoff! No, No, the CN Tower is not headed for space, with vapor spewing from its base. It is framed on a cold day by the 300-ton he(...)
1/11/1979