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Photo 352: Handling radioactive material by remote control
Photo 352: Handling radioactive material by remote control

Photo 352: Handling radioactive material by remote control

Date1953-06
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Original Toronto Star caption: Very elaborate precautions are taken to protect personnel from radiation. There has been no accident due to radiation hazard at Chalk River.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession NumberTS-2-124-GO-359
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Chalk River
County:Renfrew (Ont. : County)
Province or state:Ontario
Port Hope is living in fear over the potential health from radioactive gas released by irradiated landfill materials, says author and local resident
Port Hope is living in fear over the potential health from radioactive gas released by irradiated landfill materials, says author and local resident
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Eight Feet, Two Inches tall, Don Koehler, left, of Chicago, chats with Jim Gellatly, head of the Materials Handling Show at the International Centre. (...)
Eight Feet, Two Inches tall, Don Koehler, left, of Chicago, chats with Jim Gellatly, head of the Materials Handling Show at the International Centre. (...)
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Solid handlwork: Art Cooke spent the summer of '45 chiseling mortar off old bricks to build the home he and his wife still live in on Burnett Ave. Today, a high-rise looms near the site he bought for $350. Above, Cooke admires the sturdy bricks he bought for $352 and hauled in a rented truck from the Swift meatpacking plant.
Solid handlwork: Art Cooke spent the summer of '45 chiseling mortar off old bricks to build the home he and his wife still live in on Burnett Ave. Today, a high-rise looms near the site he bought for $350. Above, Cooke admires the sturdy bricks he bought for $352 and hauled in a rented truck from the Swift meatpacking plant.
10/7/1982
House, Markham St., west side, between College & Ulster Sts. (#s 352 & 354). Toronto, Ont.
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1919
Remote control unit for motorized equipment and mantel radios instead of radar parts is included in the reconversion program of peacetime production
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With the end-fitting stub sealed in a plastic bag to prevent carbon 14 dust from entering the workers environment the (RTC) remote control crane manov(...)
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Now that's big: Cartoon character Wilma Flintstone flashes across the color screen as Electrohome president John Pollock operates a remote control to bring in The Flintstones live in a Toronto demonstration
Now that's big: Cartoon character Wilma Flintstone flashes across the color screen as Electrohome president John Pollock operates a remote control to bring in The Flintstones live in a Toronto demonstration
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Preparation of radio-active isotopes is done by remote control and the operator is protected by a thick wall of lead bricks
Preparation of radio-active isotopes is done by remote control and the operator is protected by a thick wall of lead bricks
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A trunkful: A Custom-built cabinet contains the amplifiers and two remote-control cartridge units, one taking six cassettes, the other 12 CDs---plus a 12-volt battery
A trunkful: A Custom-built cabinet contains the amplifiers and two remote-control cartridge units, one taking six cassettes, the other 12 CDs---plus a 12-volt battery
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Sylvie Eustace, loan manager at the B of M's main Metro branch, uses remote control device to lower prime on electronic board
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Robot's Help: A remote-control device directed by police officers shakes open a briefcase, after blasting it apart with a shotgun
Robot's Help: A remote-control device directed by police officers shakes open a briefcase, after blasting it apart with a shotgun
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Space art: Sculptor Bill Lishman of Blackstock works on a full-scale model of the Canadarm, the remote-control arm used by the United States space shuttle Columbia
Space art: Sculptor Bill Lishman of Blackstock works on a full-scale model of the Canadarm, the remote-control arm used by the United States space shuttle Columbia
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