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The guilty one! Blown-off top of transformer (rear) at Leaside hydro station that caused last night's blackout is inspected today by Ontario Hydro worker Darrell Fontaine
The guilty one! Blown-off top of transformer (rear) at Leaside hydro station that caused last night's blackout is inspected today by Ontario Hydro worker Darrell Fontaine

The guilty one! Blown-off top of transformer (rear) at Leaside hydro station that caused last night's blackout is inspected today by Ontario Hydro worker Darrell Fontaine

Date4/26/1990
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Original Toronto Star caption: The guilty one! Blown-off top of transformer (rear) at Leaside hydro station that caused last night's blackout is inspected today by Ontario Hydro worker Darrell Fontaine.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0008825F
Image shows an aerial view of a Transformer Station.
Hydro Transformer Station, Millwood Road, east side, between Village Station Road and Overlea Boulevard, Toronto, Ontario
1938-02
Dousing blaze: Ontario Hydro worker sprays hydro lines coated with oil after the transformer explosion
Dousing blaze: Ontario Hydro worker sprays hydro lines coated with oil after the transformer explosion
4/25/1990
Explosion aftermath: Tom Griffiths, Ontario Hydro's Toronto district manager, stands to the right of the transformer that exploded
Explosion aftermath: Tom Griffiths, Ontario Hydro's Toronto district manager, stands to the right of the transformer that exploded
4/25/1990
Baby, It's cold up there!, Ontario Hydro worker Vern Gunley, pruning trees along hydro lines at Steeles Ave
Baby, It's cold up there!, Ontario Hydro worker Vern Gunley, pruning trees along hydro lines at Steeles Ave
1/30/1973
Image shows a hydro power station.
Hydro transformer station, Millwood Road, east side, between Village Station Road and Overlea Boulevard, Toronto, Ontario
8/21/1928
Power Projects: Quebec natives are trying to stop hydro stations like this one on La Grande River from being built in Great Whale project, indicated on map
Power Projects: Quebec natives are trying to stop hydro stations like this one on La Grande River from being built in Great Whale project, indicated on map
3/1/1991
Ontario Hydro, station, Millwood Rd., north side, west of Overlea Blvd., Toronto, Ont.
Ontario Hydro, station, Millwood Rd., north side, west of Overlea Blvd., Toronto, Ont.
1939-07
Ontario Hydro, station, Millwood Rd., north side, west of Overlea Blvd., Toronto, Ont.
Ontario Hydro, station, Millwood Rd., north side, west of Overlea Blvd., Toronto, Ont.
1939-07
High in the sky-for $13.40 an hour. High in the open trelliswork of Hydro towers at the Richview Transformer Station at Highway 27 and Dixon Rd., Hydr(...)
High in the sky-for $13.40 an hour. High in the open trelliswork of Hydro towers at the Richview Transformer Station at Highway 27 and Dixon Rd., Hydr(...)
11/1/1970
Blackout: Drivers and pedestrians made their way slowly and carefully along Front street wednesday night after a blackout plunged large areas of Toronto into darkness
Blackout: Drivers and pedestrians made their way slowly and carefully along Front street wednesday night after a blackout plunged large areas of Toronto into darkness
4/29/1990
Now, in-sert plug 'A' in socket 'B', These men in the street are Toronto Hydro workers Sid Byatt, left, and Rob McEldon at work in a manhole at the fo(...)
Now, in-sert plug 'A' in socket 'B', These men in the street are Toronto Hydro workers Sid Byatt, left, and Rob McEldon at work in a manhole at the fo(...)
1/3/1974
Ruck still smoulders after a blast at a Hydro sub-station blacked out downtown Toronto yesterday for 43 minutes
Ruck still smoulders after a blast at a Hydro sub-station blacked out downtown Toronto yesterday for 43 minutes
7/31/1969