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Oil spill mopped up
Oil spill mopped up

Oil spill mopped up

Date9/18/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: Oil spill mopped up: Metro Department of works employees clean up remains of 7;000 gallon diesel oil spill at Black Creek adjacent to Lambton Golf and Country Club. Wildlife has been endangered by the spill that was caused by a leaking hose at storage tank. Sawdust was found most useful method of blotting up oil.
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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_0011022F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Province or state:Ontario
Humane society workers Wilf Patey (left) and Reginald Chapman hold up a Canada goose rescued from oil spill along Sunnyside waterfront. More than 75 d(...)
Humane society workers Wilf Patey (left) and Reginald Chapman hold up a Canada goose rescued from oil spill along Sunnyside waterfront. More than 75 d(...)
1/2/1976
Cleaning up: Work crews place a boom in front of a sewer grate on Sand Beach Road to stop a spill of diesel oil from VIA Rail's maintenance centre in Mimico
Cleaning up: Work crews place a boom in front of a sewer grate on Sand Beach Road to stop a spill of diesel oil from VIA Rail's maintenance centre in Mimico
1/30/1989
First aid for oil-soaked ducks, Ducks in Lake Ontario off Long Branch Park are getting their feathers coated with oil from a spill in the lake and the(...)
First aid for oil-soaked ducks, Ducks in Lake Ontario off Long Branch Park are getting their feathers coated with oil from a spill in the lake and the(...)
1/7/1976
Beach Foulup: High-tech methods helped rid beaches of oil from the huge Exxon Valdez spill, but the cleanup may also have broken down the delicate shoreline ecology
Beach Foulup: High-tech methods helped rid beaches of oil from the huge Exxon Valdez spill, but the cleanup may also have broken down the delicate shoreline ecology
5/29/1989
Aftermath of a spill, The Coast Guard and environment ministry are hunting for the source of what appeared to be Bunker C oil that fouled Oshawa's Lakeview Park at the foot of Simcoe St
Aftermath of a spill, The Coast Guard and environment ministry are hunting for the source of what appeared to be Bunker C oil that fouled Oshawa's Lakeview Park at the foot of Simcoe St
7/17/1988
Never again? Silica shell and additive may solve the massive clean-up problem posed by last March's Exxon Valdez spill
Never again? Silica shell and additive may solve the massive clean-up problem posed by last March's Exxon Valdez spill
5/29/1989
John Gerochristodoulu picks up a dead fish, one of hundreds killed last summer when a blocked sewer allowed liquid from a Scarborough dye firm to spill into Massey Creek, a Don tributary
John Gerochristodoulu picks up a dead fish, one of hundreds killed last summer when a blocked sewer allowed liquid from a Scarborough dye firm to spill into Massey Creek, a Don tributary
7/21/1988
Arch villain: Exxon Valdez spill spurred safety review
Arch villain: Exxon Valdez spill spurred safety review
5/29/1989
Sludge last time: Although moving out to sea, last week's spill was three times the size of the 1970 Chedabucto disaster
Sludge last time: Although moving out to sea, last week's spill was three times the size of the 1970 Chedabucto disaster
2/14/1970
Making a test burn of oil slick along the south shore of Nova Scotia's Chedabucto Bay, workmen watch black smoke billow up from the thick seepage of bunker oil from [Incomplete]
Making a test burn of oil slick along the south shore of Nova Scotia's Chedabucto Bay, workmen watch black smoke billow up from the thick seepage of bunker oil from [Incomplete]
2/14/1970
Using a jet of hot water, a worker tries to scrub crude oil from the rocky shore of Green island, 112 kilometres (70 miles) southeast of Valdez, Alask(...)
Using a jet of hot water, a worker tries to scrub crude oil from the rocky shore of Green island, 112 kilometres (70 miles) southeast of Valdez, Alask(...)
5/29/1989
Workman Trudges through heavy oil with material to start a fire
Workman Trudges through heavy oil with material to start a fire
2/14/1970