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Big boom from crane atop the CN Tower was brought down Saturday by Olga
Big boom from crane atop the CN Tower was brought down Saturday by Olga

Big boom from crane atop the CN Tower was brought down Saturday by Olga

Date3/9/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Big boom from crane atop the CN Tower was brought down Saturday by Olga
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0109835F
These three pilots are the men who fly Olga, the giant sikorsky S-64E helicopter being used to erect the 335-foot antenna on top of Toronto's CN Tower(...)
These three pilots are the men who fly Olga, the giant sikorsky S-64E helicopter being used to erect the 335-foot antenna on top of Toronto's CN Tower(...)
3/19/1975
Salute to the CN Tower, The winged figure atop the Princes' Gate at the Canadian National exhibition seems to be raising its torch to the CN Tower, wh(...)
Salute to the CN Tower, The winged figure atop the Princes' Gate at the Canadian National exhibition seems to be raising its torch to the CN Tower, wh(...)
3/12/1974
Workman Yvon Rainville, atop the CN tower, lifts his coffee cup in salute to his fellow workers as their towers reaches 785 feet, making it one foot t(...)
Workman Yvon Rainville, atop the CN tower, lifts his coffee cup in salute to his fellow workers as their towers reaches 785 feet, making it one foot t(...)
9/26/1973
The men who put the antenna mast atop the CN Tower had a party last night at the Seaway Towers and some of them proudly surrounded a photo by Star pho(...)
The men who put the antenna mast atop the CN Tower had a party last night at the Seaway Towers and some of them proudly surrounded a photo by Star pho(...)
4/2/1975
Dome's future home. What looks like a bomb crater from atop the CN Tower is what will be the site of Toronto's new Dome Stadium. The site, now under t(...)
Dome's future home. What looks like a bomb crater from atop the CN Tower is what will be the site of Toronto's new Dome Stadium. The site, now under t(...)
5/21/1986
Tumbling down the tower. Stuntman Roger Brown, padded everywhere except on his head, rolls down the CN Tower's 1,760 steels steps today to try to rais(...)
Tumbling down the tower. Stuntman Roger Brown, padded everywhere except on his head, rolls down the CN Tower's 1,760 steels steps today to try to rais(...)
9/9/1981
. . . And it's a long way to the ground. Looking straight down on the restaurant framework from approximately 1,815 feet (553.3 m) up, the CN Tower is(...)
. . . And it's a long way to the ground. Looking straight down on the restaurant framework from approximately 1,815 feet (553.3 m) up, the CN Tower is(...)
8/21/1974
On top of things as he talks to the crane operator is Bill (Sweet William) Eustace, the ironworkers' signalman on the afternoon shift of the CN Tower (...)
On top of things as he talks to the crane operator is Bill (Sweet William) Eustace, the ironworkers' signalman on the afternoon shift of the CN Tower (...)
10/19/1973
Protective coat for CN tower. All-weather coating to protect the CN tower's mast from ice and snow is being installed. First sections of the fiberglas(...)
Protective coat for CN tower. All-weather coating to protect the CN tower's mast from ice and snow is being installed. First sections of the fiberglas(...)
6/15/1975
Up goes the CN tower's crown. That crown-like structure that has been inching up the CN Tower is 350 tons of pod structure that will be the forms of t(...)
Up goes the CN tower's crown. That crown-like structure that has been inching up the CN Tower is 350 tons of pod structure that will be the forms of t(...)
8/21/1974
Crane's 200-foot boom topples at SkyDome site
Crane's 200-foot boom topples at SkyDome site
5/25/1987
The CN tower, seen from the top of Commerce Court, looms over the fog
The CN tower, seen from the top of Commerce Court, looms over the fog
10/25/1973