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To launch new Tug. The new tug, built by the Toronto Dry Dock Co., for the civic works department is almost ready for launching, Works Commissioner R.(...)
To launch new Tug. The new tug, built by the Toronto Dry Dock Co., for the civic works department is almost ready for launching, Works Commissioner R.(...)

To launch new Tug. The new tug, built by the Toronto Dry Dock Co., for the civic works department is almost ready for launching, Works Commissioner R.(...)

Date16 September 1932
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Original Toronto Star caption: To launch new Tug. The new tug; built by the Toronto Dry Dock Co.; for the civic works department is almost ready for launching; Works Commissioner R. C. Harris stated to-day. No date has been set for the ceremony. The tug; which is costing the city $65,000; is for use in the waterworks section.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0112273F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Neighbourhood:Harbour
Province or state:Ontario
Wearing a plastic skirt, the Toronto Island tug Ned Hanlan sits high and dry undergoing winter maintenance work at drydock on Queen's Quay. The screen(...)
Wearing a plastic skirt, the Toronto Island tug Ned Hanlan sits high and dry undergoing winter maintenance work at drydock on Queen's Quay. The screen(...)
1/14/1972
Old Ned--grounded, Moored in its new drydock home at the Canadian National Exhibition where it will be on permanent display, the ferry boat-tug Ned Hanlan is getting a brand new paint job
Old Ned--grounded, Moored in its new drydock home at the Canadian National Exhibition where it will be on permanent display, the ferry boat-tug Ned Hanlan is getting a brand new paint job
4/19/1972
Festooned with ice, The Ned Hanlan ties up in Toronto, Wind-whipped spray freezes on the tug as it moves about the harbor
Festooned with ice, The Ned Hanlan ties up in Toronto, Wind-whipped spray freezes on the tug as it moves about the harbor
11 January 1962
Waiting for the tug to take them to the city and their jobs, these Islanders tell the world that they are citizens of Toronto, too, and need help.
Waiting for the tug to take them to the city and their jobs, these Islanders tell the world that they are citizens of Toronto, too, and need help.
7 January 1960
The Ned Hanlan 'Cruises' along lake shore, On its final cruise, the Toronto Harbor steam tug Ned Hanlan is towed along Lake Shore Blvd. past the Princ(...)
The Ned Hanlan 'Cruises' along lake shore, On its final cruise, the Toronto Harbor steam tug Ned Hanlan is towed along Lake Shore Blvd. past the Princ(...)
10/29/1971
Giant cranes hoists harbor tug Ned Hanlen out of the water at the foot of John st
Giant cranes hoists harbor tug Ned Hanlen out of the water at the foot of John st
n.d.
The steam powered tug Ned Hanlan is retired now, but she's not forgotten
The steam powered tug Ned Hanlan is retired now, but she's not forgotten
9 February 1971
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Ferries - Ned Hanlan
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Ferries - Ned Hanlan
n.d.
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Ferries - Ned Hanlan
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Ferries - Ned Hanlan
n.d.
The Ned Hanlan, in drydock at Exhibition Place, is a favorite of schoolkids
The Ned Hanlan, in drydock at Exhibition Place, is a favorite of schoolkids
5/19/1978
Two of the four tugs grounded in lagoons and kept 200 to 300 people shivering on the docks from half an hour to an hour and a half. These people final(...)
Two of the four tugs grounded in lagoons and kept 200 to 300 people shivering on the docks from half an hour to an hour and a half. These people final(...)
16 December 1948
Image shows the front of the ferry Bluebell in a dry dock.
Bluebell, paddle steamer (Island ferry); in dry dock, at Toronto Dry Dock Co. Ltd?, Keating Channel, Villiers St., north side, west of Don Roadway East
1951-10