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Image shows loading containers in progress.
Busy season: The number of containers moved through Marine Terminal 51 more than doubled this year from 1986, helping give the Port of Toronto its best shipping season in six years
Image shows loading containers in progress.

Busy season: The number of containers moved through Marine Terminal 51 more than doubled this year from 1986, helping give the Port of Toronto its best shipping season in six years

Date4/9/1986
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Original Toronto Star caption: Busy season: The number of containers moved through Marine Terminal 51 more than doubled this year from 1986; helping give the Port of Toronto its best shipping season in six years.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0112760F
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