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Up in air: That picture of the Spadina expressway interchange with Highway 401 doesn't show the fumes and frayed tempers of rush-hour as cars head downtown
Up in air: That picture of the Spadina expressway interchange with Highway 401 doesn't show the fumes and frayed tempers of rush-hour as cars head downtown

Up in air: That picture of the Spadina expressway interchange with Highway 401 doesn't show the fumes and frayed tempers of rush-hour as cars head downtown

Date9/9/1981
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Original Toronto Star caption: Up in air: That picture of the Spadina expressway interchange with Highway 401 doesn't show the fumes and frayed tempers of rush-hour as cars head downtown
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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_0115150F
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Poor ventilation and chemical fumes in portable classrooms are blamed for air pollution
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2/1/1982
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8/12/1974
Highway 400 and 401 interchange
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1965
Traffic was slowed on the completed portion of the Spadina Expressway during yesterday afternoon's ruch hour by the Citizens' Committee for the Comple(...)
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Gas attack: Wearing a mask to protect himself from fumes, a policeman prepares to fire a tear gas shell into a Scarborough variety store today
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Tables turned. Metro ambulance driver Wayne Dufty, 41, gets clean billl of health from Dr. Isser Dubinsky after inhailing chemical fumes on the job
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