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Keeping the airport active. A workman clears snow and ice from a plane at Toronto International Airport in the wake of yesterday's snow and freezing r(...)
Keeping the airport active. A workman clears snow and ice from a plane at Toronto International Airport in the wake of yesterday's snow and freezing r(...)

Keeping the airport active. A workman clears snow and ice from a plane at Toronto International Airport in the wake of yesterday's snow and freezing r(...)

Date12/12/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: Keeping the airport active. A workman clears snow and ice from a plane at Toronto International Airport in the wake of yesterday's snow and freezing rain.Snowplows kept runways open for the many departures, increasing as the holidays draw near. Air Canada had planned 425 extra flights but as reservations skyrocketed it increased the number to 500.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0003191F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Province or state:Ontario
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