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On the move from land expropriated for the proposed Pickering airport, a three-bedroom house was transported up Brock Rd. yesterday toward new site on(...)
On the move from land expropriated for the proposed Pickering airport, a three-bedroom house was transported up Brock Rd. yesterday toward new site on(...)

On the move from land expropriated for the proposed Pickering airport, a three-bedroom house was transported up Brock Rd. yesterday toward new site on(...)

Date8/14/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: On the move from land expropriated for the proposed Pickering airport, a three-bedroom house was transported up Brock Rd. yesterday toward new site on Scugog Island. It collapsed later, blocking Regional Road 7 to all traffic.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0002886F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Province or state:Ontario
It never happened: Farmland expropriated for the proposed Pickering airport
It never happened: Farmland expropriated for the proposed Pickering airport
9/17/1979
Padlocked gates blocked some roads on the site of the proposed airport at Pickering yesterday, protected by security guards working for the federal go(...)
Padlocked gates blocked some roads on the site of the proposed airport at Pickering yesterday, protected by security guards working for the federal go(...)
9/24/1975
Abandoned farmhouse: Typical of the decay prevalent among buildings expropriated in the mid-'70s by the federal and provincial governments to build the ill-fated Pickering international airport
Abandoned farmhouse: Typical of the decay prevalent among buildings expropriated in the mid-'70s by the federal and provincial governments to build the ill-fated Pickering international airport
5/14/1981
Clearing the way for the proposed Pickering airport, Tom Gretton rams his bulldozer into an old shed north of Brougham yesterday and goes right up on (...)
Clearing the way for the proposed Pickering airport, Tom Gretton rams his bulldozer into an old shed north of Brougham yesterday and goes right up on (...)
8/20/1975
Anti-airport demonstrations, like this one by the Pickering-based People or Planes group, are causing designers to consider lakes and oceans as sites (...)
Anti-airport demonstrations, like this one by the Pickering-based People or Planes group, are causing designers to consider lakes and oceans as sites (...)
7/4/1972
We've pledged to our own consciences we will stay here until we stop the airport, Brenda Davies (seated) says outside Pickering house she has occupied(...)
We've pledged to our own consciences we will stay here until we stop the airport, Brenda Davies (seated) says outside Pickering house she has occupied(...)
9/22/1975
Wasted farms and houses in Pickering crumbled through disuse while politicians and planners bickered over where to plunk an airport
Wasted farms and houses in Pickering crumbled through disuse while politicians and planners bickered over where to plunk an airport
9/17/1979
Aviation - Airports - Canada - Ontario - Toronto - New Pickering, Brougham, Claremont Area
Aviation - Airports - Canada - Ontario - Toronto - New Pickering, Brougham, Claremont Area
2/22/1972
Aviation - Airports - Canada - Ontario - Toronto - New Pickering, Brougham, Claremont Area
Aviation - Airports - Canada - Ontario - Toronto - New Pickering, Brougham, Claremont Area
3/2/1972
Aviation - Airports - Canada - Ontario - Toronto - New Pickering, Brougham, Claremont Area
Aviation - Airports - Canada - Ontario - Toronto - New Pickering, Brougham, Claremont Area
2/22/1972
Aviation - Airports - Canada - Ontario - Toronto - New Pickering, Brougham, Claremont Area
Aviation - Airports - Canada - Ontario - Toronto - New Pickering, Brougham, Claremont Area
7/4/1972
Aviation - Airports - Canada - Ontario - Toronto - New Pickering, Brougham, Claremont Area
Aviation - Airports - Canada - Ontario - Toronto - New Pickering, Brougham, Claremont Area
8/20/1975