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Heavy load: Two cranes worked yesterday to put a 145-ton Canadian National Railway's bridge across Highway 401 at Bowmanville near Waverly Rd
Heavy load: Two cranes worked yesterday to put a 145-ton Canadian National Railway's bridge across Highway 401 at Bowmanville near Waverly Rd

Heavy load: Two cranes worked yesterday to put a 145-ton Canadian National Railway's bridge across Highway 401 at Bowmanville near Waverly Rd

Date11/14/1982
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Original Toronto Star caption: Heavy load: Two cranes worked yesterday to put a 145-ton Canadian National Railway's bridge across Highway 401 at Bowmanville near Waverly Rd.
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