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Okay sign from 450-feet up. Riggers Fern Morin, left, and Emile Lebond, gave okay signs yesterday as they finished last foot of 450-foot incinerator c(...)
Okay sign from 450-feet up. Riggers Fern Morin, left, and Emile Lebond, gave okay signs yesterday as they finished last foot of 450-foot incinerator c(...)

Okay sign from 450-feet up. Riggers Fern Morin, left, and Emile Lebond, gave okay signs yesterday as they finished last foot of 450-foot incinerator c(...)

Date6/7/1973
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Original Toronto Star caption: Okay sign from 450-feet up. Riggers Fern Morin; left; and Emile Lebond; gave okay signs yesterday as they finished last foot of 450-foot incinerator chimney being built at the Metro incinerator on Commissioner St. The chimney; right; which took Taylor Engineering took Taylor Engineering employees seven weeks to build; still has to have a steel jacket built inside. It will replace two smaller chimneys. Next; the men will work on the 1;800 CN tower at foot of John St.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0114099F
Okay sign from 450-feet up. Riggers Fern Morin, left, and Emile Lebond, gave okay signs yesterday as they finished last foot of 450-foot incinerator c(...)
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