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Image shows a lake covered with snow with a power plan in the far background.
Doughnuts of ice float in foreground of this winter scene of Ashbridge's Bay, showing Hearn generating plant of Ontario Hydro in the background. Dough(...)
Image shows a lake covered with snow with a power plan in the far background.

Doughnuts of ice float in foreground of this winter scene of Ashbridge's Bay, showing Hearn generating plant of Ontario Hydro in the background. Dough(...)

Date1/1/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: Doughnuts of ice float in foreground of this winter scene of Ashbridge's Bay; showing Hearn generating plant of Ontario Hydro in the background. Doughnut shapes develop from slush that is washed together and feezes. They'll be growing even larger tonight and tomorrow; with temperatures dipping to a low of 10.
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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_0116042F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Neighbourhood:Port Lands
Province or state:Ontario
Pollution fighter: This 700-foot smokestack, built two years ago at a cost of $9 million, was designed to reduce air pollution at Ontario Hydro's Hearn generating plant on Toronto's waterfront
Pollution fighter: This 700-foot smokestack, built two years ago at a cost of $9 million, was designed to reduce air pollution at Ontario Hydro's Hearn generating plant on Toronto's waterfront
8/3/1972
The brilliant engineer behind Hydro's system of generating plants, Richard Hearn is 90 today and, he says, ''I'm reasonably in control of my faculties.''
The brilliant engineer behind Hydro's system of generating plants, Richard Hearn is 90 today and, he says, ''I'm reasonably in control of my faculties.''
5/7/1980
There's still coffee money left, and pickets outside the General Motors plant in Oshawa take time out for coffee and doughnuts. But strike funds for 2(...)
There's still coffee money left, and pickets outside the General Motors plant in Oshawa take time out for coffee and doughnuts. But strike funds for 2(...)
10/23/1970
Balks at cuts: Oriando Nobrega, 38, a worker at Ashbridge's Bay sewage treatment plant, says he can't afford to have his pay reduced by Metro.
Balks at cuts: Oriando Nobrega, 38, a worker at Ashbridge's Bay sewage treatment plant, says he can't afford to have his pay reduced by Metro.
1/11/1992
A member of Local 43, Canadian Union of Public Employees, puts up a strike sign at the Ashbridge's Bay sewage treatment plant today as 2,000 of the ci(...)
A member of Local 43, Canadian Union of Public Employees, puts up a strike sign at the Ashbridge's Bay sewage treatment plant today as 2,000 of the ci(...)
6/5/1972
Dangerous job, NDP leader Bob Rae is flanked by workers Ron Cook (left) and Tom Elso during tour of sewage treatment plant at Ashbridges Bay yesterday, where workers suffer health problems
Dangerous job, NDP leader Bob Rae is flanked by workers Ron Cook (left) and Tom Elso during tour of sewage treatment plant at Ashbridges Bay yesterday, where workers suffer health problems
8/6/1987
Water rat sailing club members get in a few tacks at the club's Lake Ontario location off Cherry Beach near the Hearn generating plant. Club members, (...)
Water rat sailing club members get in a few tacks at the club's Lake Ontario location off Cherry Beach near the Hearn generating plant. Club members, (...)
7/6/1970
Running down a mountain of salt, A huge mountain of salt is growing in Toronto harbor near the Hearn Generating plant
Running down a mountain of salt, A huge mountain of salt is growing in Toronto harbor near the Hearn Generating plant
7/14/1975
Police appreciation day. A smile, doughnuts and coffee were waiting for Constable Jim Green when he showed up at St. Joseph's Hospital Police Apprecia(...)
Police appreciation day. A smile, doughnuts and coffee were waiting for Constable Jim Green when he showed up at St. Joseph's Hospital Police Apprecia(...)
7/31/1969
Welcome back: Larry Running, right, nearly killed in a downtown manhole blast in 1987, is greeted with doughnuts at work yesterday at Unitel on Keele St
Welcome back: Larry Running, right, nearly killed in a downtown manhole blast in 1987, is greeted with doughnuts at work yesterday at Unitel on Keele St
3/9/1992
A Dutch Traditon at New Year's is olie bollen-oily balls-bits of batter with raisins, glazed fruit and apple, deep-fried like doughnuts
A Dutch Traditon at New Year's is olie bollen-oily balls-bits of batter with raisins, glazed fruit and apple, deep-fried like doughnuts
1/1/1973
Irene Rosiecki Hostess. Doughnuts served at Polish pavilion
Irene Rosiecki Hostess. Doughnuts served at Polish pavilion
6/17/1974