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Quarries and brick works like the Don Valley Brick Yard near Pottery Rd
Quarries and brick works like the Don Valley Brick Yard near Pottery Rd

Quarries and brick works like the Don Valley Brick Yard near Pottery Rd

Date8/18/1969
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Original Toronto Star caption: Quarries and brick works like the Don Valley Brick Yard near Pottery Rd. are essential for construction and road-building. But when they're worked out; they often leave behind ugly holes-and complaining citizens. Demand for sand; gravel; stone is soaring and it's being hauled to Metro from greater and more costly distances.
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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_0110655F
Don Valley Brick Works, Bayview Avenue, west side, south of Chorley Park in Don Valley, looking south from Chorley Park
Don Valley Brick Works, Bayview Avenue, west side, south of Chorley Park in Don Valley, looking south from Chorley Park
1952-04
Don Valley Brick Works, Bayview Avenue, west side, south of Chorley Park in Don Valley, looking west
Don Valley Brick Works, Bayview Avenue, west side, south of Chorley Park in Don Valley, looking west
12/25/1955
Don Valley Brick Works, Bayview Avenue, west side, south of Chorley Park in Don Valley, looking west from Broadview & Mortimer Ayes
Don Valley Brick Works, Bayview Avenue, west side, south of Chorley Park in Don Valley, looking west from Broadview & Mortimer Ayes
12/25/1955
Don Valley Brick Works, Bayview Avenue, west side, south of Chorley Park in Don Valley
Don Valley Brick Works, Bayview Avenue, west side, south of Chorley Park in Don Valley
12/25/1955
Truckers' group boycott Milton quarries, Truck drivers in the newly organized Ontario Haulers Association meet yesterday in a field near Milton with their president, Angelo Natale, at right
Truckers' group boycott Milton quarries, Truck drivers in the newly organized Ontario Haulers Association meet yesterday in a field near Milton with their president, Angelo Natale, at right
2/27/1974
A house at 37 Madison Ave., with Credit River sandstone and Don Valley brick, is an example of Roman Revival style
A house at 37 Madison Ave., with Credit River sandstone and Don Valley brick, is an example of Roman Revival style
8/19/1987
Toronto Brick Works Site
Toronto Brick Works Site
5/26/1986
Blow to small business: E.V. (Bud) Drury, of Genstar Stone Products Inc., in one of his firm's quarries, says the proposed annual fee of 6 cents per tonne will be particularly tough on the small businessman.
Blow to small business: E.V. (Bud) Drury, of Genstar Stone Products Inc., in one of his firm's quarries, says the proposed annual fee of 6 cents per tonne will be particularly tough on the small businessman.
4/15/1982
Productive property: Machines still rumble around Indusmin Quarries in Acton, after two decades
Productive property: Machines still rumble around Indusmin Quarries in Acton, after two decades
10/13/1982
Mr. and Mrs. John Hewitt stand in front of their house, on Kingston Rd. near Brimley Rd., which will soon be pulled down to make way for a senior citizens' home. The 10-room house, made of hand-made brick, was built in 1830.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hewitt stand in front of their house, on Kingston Rd. near Brimley Rd., which will soon be pulled down to make way for a senior citizens' home. The 10-room house, made of hand-made brick, was built in 1830.
4/15/1973
The brickworks: Don Valley quarry site will become a park
The brickworks: Don Valley quarry site will become a park
5/26/1986
Brick boxfacade: A gate opens on to the plain, box-like exterior of th gorgeous coach huse of Barbara Gordon and Bob Bermann
Brick boxfacade: A gate opens on to the plain, box-like exterior of th gorgeous coach huse of Barbara Gordon and Bob Bermann
3/23/1992