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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(...)

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(...)

Date8/21/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: 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 the concrete base of the three-storey pod at the 1;100-foot level of the 1;800-foot tower. Forty-five cables have lifted the forms into place in eight inch-by-inch days. It will take about two months to pour the concrete for the first storey; a restaurant. Above it will be an open-air; screened; observation deck.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0109812F
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
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
. . . 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 (...)
3/31/1975
Workmen set up a model of the CN tower
Workmen set up a model of the CN tower
9/26/1973
. . . 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
. . 2 . . 1 . . Lifttoff! No, No, the CN Tower is not headed for space, with vapor spewing from its base. It is framed on a cold day by the 300-ton he(...)
. . 2 . . 1 . . Lifttoff! No, No, the CN Tower is not headed for space, with vapor spewing from its base. It is framed on a cold day by the 300-ton he(...)
1/11/1979
Image shows a photographer at the top of the CN Tower with an aerial view of Toronto in the bac ...
View from the top. A 45-minute climb took Star photographer Graham Bezant from restaurant pod to the top of the CN Tower. Photo was taken by one of tower painters, Norman LaPointe
5/3/1975
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
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
STEEL REINFORCING BARS and steel pipe-the backbone and arteries--jut up from the rising CN Tower on the Metro waterfront. Demand for steel is booming at a rate not seen since World War II. Canadian mills are straining at top capacity. One Bay St. analyst says there is no catching up for three years.
STEEL REINFORCING BARS and steel pipe-the backbone and arteries--jut up from the rising CN Tower on the Metro waterfront. Demand for steel is booming at a rate not seen since World War II. Canadian mills are straining at top capacity. One Bay St. analyst says there is no catching up for three years.
1/2/1974
Workmen pouring bucket of concrete on CN Tower slip form
Workmen pouring bucket of concrete on CN Tower slip form
8/21/1973
High and wet: James McMahon, 29, beats the heat with a hard-hat of water yesterday as he works to clean the CN Tower's doughnut-shape dome
High and wet: James McMahon, 29, beats the heat with a hard-hat of water yesterday as he works to clean the CN Tower's doughnut-shape dome
7/4/1990