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Testing for stream pollution
Testing for stream pollution

Testing for stream pollution

Date1959
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Testing for stream pollution
GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
GeographyProvince stateOntario
GeographyCountryCanada
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CollectionCity of Toronto Archives
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderCity of Toronto
Object NumberOHQ-PICTURES-S-R-123
Metropolitan Toronto 1953-1963
Metropolitan Toronto 1953-1963
1963
Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto Works Dept
Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto Works Dept
1954
Letter from the City of Toronto Water Company to the Mayor, Alderman and Council of the city of Toronto in reference to the present position of the wa(...)
Letter from the City of Toronto Water Company to the Mayor, Alderman and Council of the city of Toronto in reference to the present position of the wa(...)
1872
It's a clear water wagon, This truck-mounted portable water treatment plant, built by Union Carbide, was too big to get into the Pollution Control Sho(...)
It's a clear water wagon, This truck-mounted portable water treatment plant, built by Union Carbide, was too big to get into the Pollution Control Sho(...)
6/15/1972
Lab technicians Keith Austen (foreground) and Harry Alkema test Lake Ontario water samples for nutrients aboard the motor vessel Martin Karlsen, a floating pollution research laboratory
Lab technicians Keith Austen (foreground) and Harry Alkema test Lake Ontario water samples for nutrients aboard the motor vessel Martin Karlsen, a floating pollution research laboratory
4/5/1971
Pollution probe spokesman Peter Love wants returnable bottles brought back to ease pollution caused by pull-top cans, as seen above. He refutes critic(...)
Pollution probe spokesman Peter Love wants returnable bottles brought back to ease pollution caused by pull-top cans, as seen above. He refutes critic(...)
8/28/1969
Warning Polluted Waters Persons Bathing Do So At Their Own Risk, Pollution Warning Marking a beach in Metro
Warning Polluted Waters Persons Bathing Do So At Their Own Risk, Pollution Warning Marking a beach in Metro
7/25/1969
Toronto was forced to close beaches last summer because of pollution
Toronto was forced to close beaches last summer because of pollution
7/21/1983
A Sample of water is taken from the west-branch of Don River yesterday by Mayor William Dennison, to be sent to a laboratory for a pollution test. May(...)
A Sample of water is taken from the west-branch of Don River yesterday by Mayor William Dennison, to be sent to a laboratory for a pollution test. May(...)
5/14/1971
Sign of the times: The warnings against using Metro's beaches may be up indefinitely, as officials fear sewer improvements, costing $250 million, may not be enough to clean up pollution
Sign of the times: The warnings against using Metro's beaches may be up indefinitely, as officials fear sewer improvements, costing $250 million, may not be enough to clean up pollution
7/26/1987
The waterfront will be off-limits to swimmers once again this summer because of high pollution levels
The waterfront will be off-limits to swimmers once again this summer because of high pollution levels
7/25/1987
Pollution pours into Lake Ontario out of the mouth of Etobicoke Creek, adding yet another ingredient to a recipe of toxins poisoning this natural resource
Pollution pours into Lake Ontario out of the mouth of Etobicoke Creek, adding yet another ingredient to a recipe of toxins poisoning this natural resource
6/18/1984