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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(...)

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(...)

Date4/2/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: 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 photographer Graham Bezant of helicopter Olga at work. From the left are pilot R. I. P. Green; Paul Mithcell; the highrigger who talked-down the last section; ironworker Mike Newhall; chief pilot Larry Pravacek and David Korhonen of the crew of Olga.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0109838F
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
These three pilots are the men who fly Olga, the giant sikorsky S-64E helicopter being used to erect the 335-foot antenna on top of Toronto's CN Tower(...)
These three pilots are the men who fly Olga, the giant sikorsky S-64E helicopter being used to erect the 335-foot antenna on top of Toronto's CN Tower(...)
3/19/1975
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
Looking over the menu at party last night sponsored by National Ballet Guild at Seaway Towers hotel are Mrs
Looking over the menu at party last night sponsored by National Ballet Guild at Seaway Towers hotel are Mrs
11/24/1962
. . . And there's more! The 10-foot section of antenna that made the CN Tower the tallest self-supporting structure in the world was added today with (...)
. . . And there's more! The 10-foot section of antenna that made the CN Tower the tallest self-supporting structure in the world was added today with (...)
3/31/1975
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
Salute to the CN Tower, The winged figure atop the Princes' Gate at the Canadian National exhibition seems to be raising its torch to the CN Tower, wh(...)
Salute to the CN Tower, The winged figure atop the Princes' Gate at the Canadian National exhibition seems to be raising its torch to the CN Tower, wh(...)
3/12/1974
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
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
Big boom from crane atop the CN Tower was brought down Saturday by Olga
Big boom from crane atop the CN Tower was brought down Saturday by Olga
3/9/1975
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
The last micro-wave reflector is put into place by CN Tower Crew
The last micro-wave reflector is put into place by CN Tower Crew
4/9/1976