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. . . And there's more! The 10-foot section of antenna that made the CN Tower the tallest self-supporting structure in the world was added today with (...)
. . . And there's more! The 10-foot section of antenna that made the CN Tower the tallest self-supporting structure in the world was added today with (...)

. . . And there's more! The 10-foot section of antenna that made the CN Tower the tallest self-supporting structure in the world was added today with (...)

Date3/31/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: . . . And there's more! The 10-foot section of antenna that made the CN Tower the tallest self-supporting structure in the world was added today with foreman Paul Mitchell; 31; guiding it. Moscow tower used to be highest. Three more sections will be added to bring it to full height of 1;815 feet.
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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_0109836F
World's tallest free-standing statue? The 1,815-foot-high CN Tower appears to dwindle in the back-ground, viewed from this angle behind teh gigantic s(...)
World's tallest free-standing statue? The 1,815-foot-high CN Tower appears to dwindle in the back-ground, viewed from this angle behind teh gigantic s(...)
9/22/1976
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
Toothpick tower, With what may be the world's tallest free-standing collection of toothpicks Andre Bellair has assembled a 14-foot model of the CN Tow(...)
Toothpick tower, With what may be the world's tallest free-standing collection of toothpicks Andre Bellair has assembled a 14-foot model of the CN Tow(...)
4/26/1979
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
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
Waterfront Scenario. There's nothing like a backyard view of the CN Tower on a mid-summer's day. Two giant freighters peer across the waterfront from (...)
Waterfront Scenario. There's nothing like a backyard view of the CN Tower on a mid-summer's day. Two giant freighters peer across the waterfront from (...)
8/19/1977
Getting ready for world's tallest structure
Getting ready for world's tallest structure
4/17/1973
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
Tallest export?, Malachy Grant, left, designer of Toronto's CN Tower, and Edward Baldwin, architect, display their entry in an international design competition for a tower for tiny oil-rich Abu Dhabi
Tallest export?, Malachy Grant, left, designer of Toronto's CN Tower, and Edward Baldwin, architect, display their entry in an international design competition for a tower for tiny oil-rich Abu Dhabi
6/6/1978
Ironworkers from Skyhook are preparing to hoist a weathershield to the antenna of the tower
Ironworkers from Skyhook are preparing to hoist a weathershield to the antenna of the tower
6/25/1975
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
Cleaning up -- and up. Few people disturb Tony Tracy (circled) as he cleans the concrete on the 1,815-foot-high CN Tower yesterday. He's at about 1,40(...)
Cleaning up -- and up. Few people disturb Tony Tracy (circled) as he cleans the concrete on the 1,815-foot-high CN Tower yesterday. He's at about 1,40(...)
6/2/1976