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Emergency centre in Aurora for Metro mayors and chairman is in this 100-year-old house
Emergency centre in Aurora for Metro mayors and chairman is in this 100-year-old house

Emergency centre in Aurora for Metro mayors and chairman is in this 100-year-old house

Date2/23/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: Emergency centre in Aurora for Metro mayors and chairman is in this 100-year-old house. North York Controller Robert Yuill (left) talks with caretakers Pat Hunter and Eric Holm. It was obtained in 1962 by Metro at height of Cuban missile crisis. It has a pre-stressed concrete fallout shelter and sophisticated radio rooms.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0105943F
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