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Striking and unusual detail on Toronto's new railway viaduct

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Striking and unusual detail on Toronto's new railway viaduct

Date10/26/1929

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Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Unknown (photographer)

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Picture

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Original Toronto Star caption: Striking and unusual detail on Toronto's new railway viaduct: The new viaduct which will carry the trains across Yonge St. into Toronto's Union Station is made strikingly effective by unusual corbeiled design as shown in photograph above. The new viaduct is rapidly nearing completion

Subject

Railroad bridges

Medium

Photographs

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0114581F

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