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Here are four of the stationary lights lined up for shipping in the Canadian General Electric Peterboro plant
Here are four of the stationary lights lined up for shipping in the Canadian General Electric Peterboro plant

Here are four of the stationary lights lined up for shipping in the Canadian General Electric Peterboro plant

Date6/28/1947
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Original Toronto Star caption: Here are four of the stationary lights lined up for shipping in the Canadian General Electric Peterboro plant. Mirrors for these searchlights come from Newcastle-on-Tyne; England; and cost $1;000 each. They have glass 9-16 of an inch thick. None of the 130 mirrors shipped to Canada so far has been lost.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0019025F
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