The rodmen's job is to place steel rods inside wooden frames before concrete is poured

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The rodmen's job is to place steel rods inside wooden frames before concrete is poured

Date3/21/1972

Names

Griffin, Doug (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: The rodmen's job is to place steel rods inside wooden frames before concrete is poured. Their strike has slowed most major Metro construction.

Subject

Strikes and lockouts

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0016409F

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