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Waterproofing a fountain. This massive layout of pipes isn't part of some oil refinery but the fountain system in front of Ontario's Science Centre on(...)
Waterproofing a fountain. This massive layout of pipes isn't part of some oil refinery but the fountain system in front of Ontario's Science Centre on(...)

Waterproofing a fountain. This massive layout of pipes isn't part of some oil refinery but the fountain system in front of Ontario's Science Centre on(...)

Date10/27/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Waterproofing a fountain. This massive layout of pipes isn't part of some oil refinery but the fountain system in front of Ontario's Science Centre on Don Mills Rd. Fred Pope is one of the workmen painting pipes before wiater sets in. Pipes were sand-blasted; then given a coat of metalizing paint; now are receiving three coats of waterproof paint.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0110363F
Welding breakthrough: Serge Landry, from the Welding Institute of Canada, tries out the world's first fully automated system for arc welding of pipes
Welding breakthrough: Serge Landry, from the Welding Institute of Canada, tries out the world's first fully automated system for arc welding of pipes
5/27/1987
The salmon-studded waters that cascade in a fountain near SkyDome, the swampy centre of the BCE Place courtyard and an elegant waterfall tucked into a(...)
The salmon-studded waters that cascade in a fountain near SkyDome, the swampy centre of the BCE Place courtyard and an elegant waterfall tucked into a(...)
7/17/1991
Moving day at U of T. Right on track for its new home, Bancroft Hall is winched along on steel pipes to a location about 50 feet back from its site ne(...)
Moving day at U of T. Right on track for its new home, Bancroft Hall is winched along on steel pipes to a location about 50 feet back from its site ne(...)
6/20/1988
Music of Christmas: Dr. Patricia Phillips, the director of music for the Metropolitan United Church, plays an organ with 7,500 pipes. People look forw(...)
Music of Christmas: Dr. Patricia Phillips, the director of music for the Metropolitan United Church, plays an organ with 7,500 pipes. People look forw(...)
12/20/1992
Three coins in the fountain. Tossing coins at the top of the fountain is popular with some of the 31 elderly Italians living at the new Villa Colombo (...)
Three coins in the fountain. Tossing coins at the top of the fountain is popular with some of the 31 elderly Italians living at the new Villa Colombo (...)
2/11/1976
Family affair: Some 40,000 Canadians buy pipes, cigars, tobacco, tea, coffee and vitamins through the Mississauga mail-order business run by Harold McKay, his wife Grace and daughter Catharine
Family affair: Some 40,000 Canadians buy pipes, cigars, tobacco, tea, coffee and vitamins through the Mississauga mail-order business run by Harold McKay, his wife Grace and daughter Catharine
7/19/1983
Fountain, St. Lawrence Market, in front of west side of south front of north market, unveiling. Toronto, Ontario
Fountain, St. Lawrence Market, in front of west side of south front of north market, unveiling. Toronto, Ontario
1877-05-24
Keeper of the pipes: Farmer Martin Assinewe, 65, took the sacred native pipes to a church service marking the first anniversary of the ordination of the first Ojibwa priest
Keeper of the pipes: Farmer Martin Assinewe, 65, took the sacred native pipes to a church service marking the first anniversary of the ordination of the first Ojibwa priest
12/15/1991
Happy Home: Peter and Hilda Putman are visited by Karen Pipes (centre) of Halton Helping Hands. They say the agency helps them cope with their home.
Happy Home: Peter and Hilda Putman are visited by Karen Pipes (centre) of Halton Helping Hands. They say the agency helps them cope with their home.
5/10/1993
Patterned circle is the base of fountain in one-acre interior plaza of new downtown Commerce Court
Patterned circle is the base of fountain in one-acre interior plaza of new downtown Commerce Court
7/11/1972
Fountain of beauty, Miss Bikini of Ontario pageant contestants cool of in the fountain at Nathan Phillips Square
Fountain of beauty, Miss Bikini of Ontario pageant contestants cool of in the fountain at Nathan Phillips Square
6/29/1981
Toronto Snowshoe Club, in front of fountain, Queen's Park, at head of University Avenue
Toronto Snowshoe Club, in front of fountain, Queen's Park, at head of University Avenue
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