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Image shows a lifeboat drill in progress: a person climbing the ladder and lifeboat being unloa ...
A safety check-up for ships. Lifeboat drill is one of the things marine engineers inspect on lake ships before the shipping season opens. Aboard the C(...)
Image shows a lifeboat drill in progress: a person climbing the ladder and lifeboat being unloaded by a crane.

A safety check-up for ships. Lifeboat drill is one of the things marine engineers inspect on lake ships before the shipping season opens. Aboard the C(...)

Date3/29/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: A safety check-up for ships. Lifeboat drill is one of the things marine engineers inspect on lake ships before the shipping season opens. Aboard the Canadian Progress; docked in the turning basin; ordinary seaman Angus McNevin goes down the ladder to the lifeboat where ordinary seasman Bruce Rose is already seated. Machinery is checked out too.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0112737F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Neighbourhood:Harbour
Province or state:Ontario
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