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The dam is 72 feet high, 300 feet wide at the base, and more than a third of a mile long
The dam is 72 feet high, 300 feet wide at the base, and more than a third of a mile long

The dam is 72 feet high, 300 feet wide at the base, and more than a third of a mile long

Date4/18/1942
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Original Toronto Star caption: The dam is 72 feet high, 300 feet wide at the base, and more than a third of a mile long. It is located three miles east of Fergus, Ont.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0108171F
Wind rips roof off metro factory, A section fo roof 15 feet wide and 40 feet long peeled off by a gust of wind yesterday is inspected by foreman Doug (...)
Wind rips roof off metro factory, A section fo roof 15 feet wide and 40 feet long peeled off by a gust of wind yesterday is inspected by foreman Doug (...)
4/4/1974
I find it repugnant that in the 1980s in Ontario we are still housing inmates in cells that are seven feet deep, 32 inches wide and seven feet high, h(...)
I find it repugnant that in the 1980s in Ontario we are still housing inmates in cells that are seven feet deep, 32 inches wide and seven feet high, h(...)
7/9/1983
Flying from the heat, three boys dive together from the 25-foot-high Erindale Dam for a cooling dip in the feet of water in the Credit River below. To(...)
Flying from the heat, three boys dive together from the 25-foot-high Erindale Dam for a cooling dip in the feet of water in the Credit River below. To(...)
8/9/1971
Flying from the heat, three boys dive together from the 25-foot-high Erindale Dam for a cooling dip in the five feet of water in the Credit River belo(...)
Flying from the heat, three boys dive together from the 25-foot-high Erindale Dam for a cooling dip in the five feet of water in the Credit River belo(...)
8/9/1971
High Noon for 3 months, Installed in 1901 at a cost of $19,750 in city's highest clock tower at 300 feet, clock at old city hall will again undergo major repairs and restoration
High Noon for 3 months, Installed in 1901 at a cost of $19,750 in city's highest clock tower at 300 feet, clock at old city hall will again undergo major repairs and restoration
12/20/1976
Mosquitoes breed at unused dam, The water in the abandoned Erindale dam, TOP, dropped eight feet this spring when frost took out a large V-shaped piec(...)
Mosquitoes breed at unused dam, The water in the abandoned Erindale dam, TOP, dropped eight feet this spring when frost took out a large V-shaped piec(...)
7/11/1941
Let's do 50 more! College students are gung-ho for exercise and fun punishment at the third annual Aerobathon at Humber College. More than 300 student(...)
Let's do 50 more! College students are gung-ho for exercise and fun punishment at the third annual Aerobathon at Humber College. More than 300 student(...)
10/21/1988
Ceramic mural 8 feet high and 45 feet long has been ed by Yugoslavian artist-designer Robert Yachevich, 26, in five months, working three days a week.(...)
Ceramic mural 8 feet high and 45 feet long has been ed by Yugoslavian artist-designer Robert Yachevich, 26, in five months, working three days a week.(...)
2/20/1974
Flood waters released through the Shand dam into the Grand river at the rate of 18,276 cubic feet per second today led to the worst flood since 1929 a(...)
Flood waters released through the Shand dam into the Grand river at the rate of 18,276 cubic feet per second today led to the worst flood since 1929 a(...)
4/12/1947
Half a village farmhouses and part of a railroad line will vanish beneath 70 feet of water when the sluice gates of this Grand river dam at Fergus, On(...)
Half a village farmhouses and part of a railroad line will vanish beneath 70 feet of water when the sluice gates of this Grand river dam at Fergus, On(...)
3/22/1941
Scuttled service: Marine police officers John Winter, left, and George Dee recover a bag of mail about 100 metres (300 feet) off Cherry Beach yesterday
Scuttled service: Marine police officers John Winter, left, and George Dee recover a bag of mail about 100 metres (300 feet) off Cherry Beach yesterday
10/25/1991
Soaring 300 feet into the north Toronto skyline is the massive, 35-storey tower of the 310-suite 500 Duplex Avenue Apartments development, three block(...)
Soaring 300 feet into the north Toronto skyline is the massive, 35-storey tower of the 310-suite 500 Duplex Avenue Apartments development, three block(...)
11/20/1974