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Government, construction and financial representatives watch as workmen use new concrete technique in experimental Scarborough town house project

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Government, construction and financial representatives watch as workmen use new concrete technique in experimental Scarborough town house project

Date8/22/1968

Names

Dinsmore, Ted (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Government, construction and financial representatives watch as workmen use new concrete technique in experimental Scarborough town house project. Completed houses at right are ready for occupancy in just three weeks, saving one-third on normal construction time. Prefabricated interiors help to speed the building job. Published in Toronto Star, 22 August 1968, page 20. ||Townhome development, located at Markham Road and Ellesmere Road. (43.776471, -79.231768)

Subject

Building inspection

Housing development

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_0005169F

Country:Canada

City, town or township:Toronto

Province or state:Ontario

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