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Cleaning up: Gas-masked workers seal asbestos-covered beams in Sir Oliver Mowat Collegiate in Scarborough

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Cleaning up: Gas-masked workers seal asbestos-covered beams in Sir Oliver Mowat Collegiate in Scarborough

Date3/20/1980

Names

Goode, Jeff (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Cleaning up: Gas-masked workers seal asbestos-covered beams in Sir Oliver Mowat Collegiate in Scarborough. They're spraying a rubbery compound on to the beams. Sir Oliver Mowat Collegiate Institute, located on Lawrence Avenue East at Charlottetown Boulevard, northwest corner. (43.779274, -79.141901)||Published in Toronto Star, 24 March 1980, page A2, with article ''Schools confused by asbestos alert''

Subject

Asbestos abatement industry

Asbestos abatement

Medium

Photographs

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0010888F

Country:Canada

Building, monument or park:Sir Oliver Mowat Collegiate Institute

City, town or township:Toronto

East-west street:Lawrence Avenue East

Historical location:Scarborough (Ont.)

Neighbourhood:Port Union-West Rouge

Province or state:Ontario

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