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It's a long, long way down. Carrying a 40-pound balancing rod, Jay Cochrane (left) walks 287 feet along an almost invisible wire strung 490 feet up ye(...)
It's a long, long way down. Carrying a 40-pound balancing rod, Jay Cochrane (left) walks 287 feet along an almost invisible wire strung 490 feet up ye(...)

It's a long, long way down. Carrying a 40-pound balancing rod, Jay Cochrane (left) walks 287 feet along an almost invisible wire strung 490 feet up ye(...)

Date11/5/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: It's a long, long way down. Carrying a 40-pound balancing rod, Jay Cochrane (left) walks 287 feet along an almost invisible wire strung 490 feet up yesterday between two tall buildings near Yonge and Bloor Sts. He planned to repeat the 10-minute walk at 1 p.m. today and 2 p.m. tomorrow. Cochrane walked 12,300 feet on high wire at Exhibition Aug. 27.
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It's a long, long way down. Carrying a 40-pound balancing rod, Jay Cochrane (left) walks 287 feet along an almost invisible wire strung 490 feet up ye(...)
It's a long, long way down. Carrying a 40-pound balancing rod, Jay Cochrane (left) walks 287 feet along an almost invisible wire strung 490 feet up ye(...)
11/6/1975
Skywalker. Tension creases the face of Jay Cochrane (inset) as he successfully navigates the 88-metre (287-foot) high-wire strung 155 metres (500 feet(...)
Skywalker. Tension creases the face of Jay Cochrane (inset) as he successfully navigates the 88-metre (287-foot) high-wire strung 155 metres (500 feet(...)
11/19/1977
Hanging by the back of his neck, stuntman Jay Cochrane executes a daring slide from the pod roof of Ontario Place to the reflecting pool on the west i(...)
Hanging by the back of his neck, stuntman Jay Cochrane executes a daring slide from the pod roof of Ontario Place to the reflecting pool on the west i(...)
10/11/1974
Skywalker
Skywalker
11/20/1977
120 feet above Canadian National Exhibition Jay Cochrane, the Canadian Prince of the Air, walks a tightrope from the Hockey Hall of Fame to the roof o(...)
120 feet above Canadian National Exhibition Jay Cochrane, the Canadian Prince of the Air, walks a tightrope from the Hockey Hall of Fame to the roof o(...)
8/19/1974
Despite the chicken sign behind him, Jay Cochrane, the Canadian Prince of the air, shows no fear as he walks a high wire in winds that gusted to 50 mi(...)
Despite the chicken sign behind him, Jay Cochrane, the Canadian Prince of the air, shows no fear as he walks a high wire in winds that gusted to 50 mi(...)
6/24/1974
Wind rips roof off metro factory, A section fo roof 15 feet wide and 40 feet long peeled off by a gust of wind yesterday is inspected by foreman Doug (...)
Wind rips roof off metro factory, A section fo roof 15 feet wide and 40 feet long peeled off by a gust of wind yesterday is inspected by foreman Doug (...)
4/4/1974
. . . And it's a long way to the ground. Looking straight down on the restaurant framework from approximately 1,815 feet (553.3 m) up, the CN Tower is(...)
. . . And it's a long way to the ground. Looking straight down on the restaurant framework from approximately 1,815 feet (553.3 m) up, the CN Tower is(...)
8/21/1974
Joan Hendry of Montreal has almost ballet from in winning the women's long jump with distance of 17 feet, 8 3/4 inches
Joan Hendry of Montreal has almost ballet from in winning the women's long jump with distance of 17 feet, 8 3/4 inches
7/1/1967
Small Arms Ltd., Long Branch, has 287 grandmothers among its war workers, and personnel heads say they're the best workers in the plant. Mrs. Almanda (...)
Small Arms Ltd., Long Branch, has 287 grandmothers among its war workers, and personnel heads say they're the best workers in the plant. Mrs. Almanda (...)
9/1/1943
Ceramic mural 8 feet high and 45 feet long has been ed by Yugoslavian artist-designer Robert Yachevich, 26, in five months, working three days a week.(...)
Ceramic mural 8 feet high and 45 feet long has been ed by Yugoslavian artist-designer Robert Yachevich, 26, in five months, working three days a week.(...)
2/20/1974
The dam is 72 feet high, 300 feet wide at the base, and more than a third of a mile long
The dam is 72 feet high, 300 feet wide at the base, and more than a third of a mile long
4/18/1942