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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(...)

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(...)

Date6/15/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: 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 fiberglass covering were installed on Saturday and the work is expected to continue for the next two months. Five sections weighing about 300 pounds are shown being hoisted from base of the tower 1700 feet skyward.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0109824F
The men who put the antenna mast atop the CN Tower had a party last night at the Seaway Towers and some of them proudly surrounded a photo by Star pho(...)
The men who put the antenna mast atop the CN Tower had a party last night at the Seaway Towers and some of them proudly surrounded a photo by Star pho(...)
4/2/1975
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
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
SkyDOme taking shape. Tiers of seating sections and stairs can be seen (above) at the north end of the SkyDome site while a view from the CN Tower (le(...)
SkyDOme taking shape. Tiers of seating sections and stairs can be seen (above) at the north end of the SkyDome site while a view from the CN Tower (le(...)
9/1/1987
Inside the cn tower mast, with its varied views of Toronto, is tower painter Tony Tracy
Inside the cn tower mast, with its varied views of Toronto, is tower painter Tony Tracy
5/3/1975
Tumbling down the tower. Stuntman Roger Brown, padded everywhere except on his head, rolls down the CN Tower's 1,760 steels steps today to try to rais(...)
Tumbling down the tower. Stuntman Roger Brown, padded everywhere except on his head, rolls down the CN Tower's 1,760 steels steps today to try to rais(...)
9/9/1981
The CN tower, seen from the top of Commerce Court, looms over the fog
The CN tower, seen from the top of Commerce Court, looms over the fog
10/25/1973
. . . 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(...)
8/21/1974
From the outside or the inside, the CN tower looms high
From the outside or the inside, the CN tower looms high
11/25/1974
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
Launching the tall ships, With the CN Tower in the background, appearing to rise from its decks like a mast, Pathfinder, one of Toronto's two tall shi(...)
Launching the tall ships, With the CN Tower in the background, appearing to rise from its decks like a mast, Pathfinder, one of Toronto's two tall shi(...)
4/11/1984
High and wet: James McMahon, 29, beats the heat with a hard-hat of water yesterday as he works to clean the CN Tower's doughnut-shape dome
High and wet: James McMahon, 29, beats the heat with a hard-hat of water yesterday as he works to clean the CN Tower's doughnut-shape dome
7/4/1990