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A busy day on Toronto hydro poles, More action, still, when Hydro sells the poles
A busy day on Toronto hydro poles, More action, still, when Hydro sells the poles

A busy day on Toronto hydro poles, More action, still, when Hydro sells the poles

Date4/2/1969
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Original Toronto Star caption: A busy day on Toronto hydro poles; More action; still; when Hydro sells the poles
GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
GeographyProvince stateOntario
GeographyCountryCanada
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_0008839F
Lineman spares that tree, Ontario Hydro lineman Bernie Dore installs a line on new main feeder poles, eight feet taller than the old ones (right), going through Georgetown
Lineman spares that tree, Ontario Hydro lineman Bernie Dore installs a line on new main feeder poles, eight feet taller than the old ones (right), going through Georgetown
7/26/1973
Another Hydro Pole goes up, Our studies show there's lots of power
Another Hydro Pole goes up, Our studies show there's lots of power
12/17/1973
The final step before the lights go on again is taken by Frank sackfield up a hydro pole
The final step before the lights go on again is taken by Frank sackfield up a hydro pole
1/15/1960
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
View? what view?, The good news about working as a Toronto Hydro Lineman like Steve Ruscitti is the great vistas of Toronto neighborhoods from the raised bucket he works in all day
View? what view?, The good news about working as a Toronto Hydro Lineman like Steve Ruscitti is the great vistas of Toronto neighborhoods from the raised bucket he works in all day
11/16/1989
Going up: Reader says question of whether nurses or Hydro linemen should be paid more depends on whether you are sick or in need of electricity
Going up: Reader says question of whether nurses or Hydro linemen should be paid more depends on whether you are sick or in need of electricity
4/2/1969
Everything was backwards when Roy Teal, system supervisor at the Ontario Hydro control centre at Richview substation near Malton, examined instruments(...)
Everything was backwards when Roy Teal, system supervisor at the Ontario Hydro control centre at Richview substation near Malton, examined instruments(...)
11/10/1965
Losing power: Hydro's setbacks were launched when it asked for a 13-per-cent price hike for 1983
Losing power: Hydro's setbacks were launched when it asked for a 13-per-cent price hike for 1983
9/6/1973
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
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
4/26/1990
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