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Aiming a water jet backed by 10,000 pounds of pressure, a workman starts ripping apart a railway boxcar that is to be demolished for scrap on site in (...)
Aiming a water jet backed by 10,000 pounds of pressure, a workman starts ripping apart a railway boxcar that is to be demolished for scrap on site in (...)

Aiming a water jet backed by 10,000 pounds of pressure, a workman starts ripping apart a railway boxcar that is to be demolished for scrap on site in (...)

Date12/10/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: Aiming a water jet backed by 10;000 pounds of pressure; a workman starts ripping apart a railway boxcar that is to be demolished for scrap on site in Burlington where William Sims operates his unique wrecking enterprise. The water jet chops car apart without air pollution that would result if it were burned.
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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_0010937F
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