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Hitting the water is the largest tanker ever built by a Canadian shipyard
Hitting the water is the largest tanker ever built by a Canadian shipyard

Hitting the water is the largest tanker ever built by a Canadian shipyard

Date6/28/1948
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Original Toronto Star caption: Hitting the water is the largest tanker ever built by a Canadian shipyard. The $1;65;000 vessel; the Imperial Sarnia; 390 feet long; can carry 1;925;000 gallons; was launched Saturday at Collingwood.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0014243F
First of three lake tankers being built at Collingwood, the Imperial Collingwood is shown as she took to the water Saturday in a perfect launching. Th(...)
First of three lake tankers being built at Collingwood, the Imperial Collingwood is shown as she took to the water Saturday in a perfect launching. Th(...)
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A tanker plies the Great Lakes, now a target for many water-parched states south of the border
A tanker plies the Great Lakes, now a target for many water-parched states south of the border
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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
The Queen Mary as she nears completion in the Glasgow shipyards
The Queen Mary as she nears completion in the Glasgow shipyards
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New tanker for oil company arrives from England
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B.A. Peerless, tanker, in Ship Channel turning basin, foot of Carlaw Avenue
B.A. Peerless, tanker, in Ship Channel turning basin, foot of Carlaw Avenue
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Wait 'til next year, The 60-foot schooner Triton, just built in Nova Scotia, is hauled out of water to winter in Toronto at the National-Yacht Club. O(...)
Wait 'til next year, The 60-foot schooner Triton, just built in Nova Scotia, is hauled out of water to winter in Toronto at the National-Yacht Club. O(...)
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