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Building luxury into lake freighters
Building luxury into lake freighters

Building luxury into lake freighters

Date10/11/1983
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Original Toronto Star caption: Building luxury into lake freighters
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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_0014127F
Cruising: The H.M. Griffith, a 730-foot freighter, is entering the first lock on its trip from Lake Ontario to Lake Erie. Boredom and isolation are fr(...)
Cruising: The H.M. Griffith, a 730-foot freighter, is entering the first lock on its trip from Lake Ontario to Lake Erie. Boredom and isolation are fr(...)
7/22/1983
Interlude: Great Lakes freighter crewmen taking on supplies
Interlude: Great Lakes freighter crewmen taking on supplies
7/22/1983
What's cooking? Carol Smith, ship's cook on the lake freighter Meldrum Bay, makes up crew's shopping list before the ship sets sail for Thunder Bay
What's cooking? Carol Smith, ship's cook on the lake freighter Meldrum Bay, makes up crew's shopping list before the ship sets sail for Thunder Bay
4/6/1982
Stricken freighter became inferno when fuel oil tanks blew up, injured skipper says Floating oil around Burning Freighter Milverton turned St. Lawrence river into sea of flame
Stricken freighter became inferno when fuel oil tanks blew up, injured skipper says Floating oil around Burning Freighter Milverton turned St. Lawrence river into sea of flame
9/24/1947
More than two million bushels of grain awaits unloading, Six mighty monarchs of the upper lakes, the grain freighters Lemoyne, 621 feet, Gleneagles, 5(...)
More than two million bushels of grain awaits unloading, Six mighty monarchs of the upper lakes, the grain freighters Lemoyne, 621 feet, Gleneagles, 5(...)
12/20/1940
Docked in Toronto Harbor 49 hours late, Captain Morey Armstrong of the freighter George M
Docked in Toronto Harbor 49 hours late, Captain Morey Armstrong of the freighter George M
12/29/1975
Superstructure of giant freighter under construction in the shipyard dominates the skyline in downtown Collingwood
Superstructure of giant freighter under construction in the shipyard dominates the skyline in downtown Collingwood
3/23/1977
Explosion was heard four miles away when the freighter Milverton, shown here, under its former name Coteaudoc, and the tanker Translake collided in St(...)
Explosion was heard four miles away when the freighter Milverton, shown here, under its former name Coteaudoc, and the tanker Translake collided in St(...)
9/25/1947
The ocean freighter Caribbean Queen sits in Toronto Bay waiting for a space at Redpath Sugar
The ocean freighter Caribbean Queen sits in Toronto Bay waiting for a space at Redpath Sugar
12/13/1990
The latest victim of the treacherous sands of Sable Island, long famous as the graveyard of the Atlantic, the Greek freighter Alfios is seen firmly ag(...)
The latest victim of the treacherous sands of Sable Island, long famous as the graveyard of the Atlantic, the Greek freighter Alfios is seen firmly ag(...)
6/1/1946
Racing winter to the sea. As ice begins to form on the waterfront, the Swedish freighter Borgholm clears Toronto in a race against the freeze-up. Lock(...)
Racing winter to the sea. As ice begins to form on the waterfront, the Swedish freighter Borgholm clears Toronto in a race against the freeze-up. Lock(...)
12/2/1966
Fear the canadian freighter Novadoc has gone down with her crew is held by the U
Fear the canadian freighter Novadoc has gone down with her crew is held by the U
3/6/1947