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Giving up smoking. A wrecker's ball weighing 1,500 pounds (680 kilograms) made short work yesterday of a 180-foot (60-metre) brick smokestack at the s(...)
Giving up smoking. A wrecker's ball weighing 1,500 pounds (680 kilograms) made short work yesterday of a 180-foot (60-metre) brick smokestack at the s(...)

Giving up smoking. A wrecker's ball weighing 1,500 pounds (680 kilograms) made short work yesterday of a 180-foot (60-metre) brick smokestack at the s(...)

Date8/9/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: Giving up smoking. A wrecker's ball weighing 1;500 pounds (680 kilograms) made short work yesterday of a 180-foot (60-metre) brick smokestack at the site of the former Massey Harris plant. The area; adjacent to the corner of Strachan Ave. and King St. W.; is being cleared for a major redevelopment.
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0110132F