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Pattern in concrete holds up 3-foot-thick walls 159 feet high and 2-foot-thick roof in Pickering's containment tower

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Pattern in concrete holds up 3-foot-thick walls 159 feet high and 2-foot-thick roof in Pickering's containment tower

Date5/27/1969

Names

Ross, Fred (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Pattern in concrete holds up 3-foot-thick walls 159 feet high and 2-foot-thick roof in Pickering's containment tower. Sixty-one columns, each four feet in diameter with 2-by-4-foot beams also support a 153-foot-diameter tank of water.

Subject

Nuclear power plants

Medium

Photographs

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)

Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0002465F

Country:Canada

Province or state:Ontario

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