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McWhirter at CN Tower
McWhirter at CN Tower

McWhirter at CN Tower

Date11/3/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: McWhirter at CN Tower: Exactly 1,821 ft. 7 inches tall
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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_0067895F
Five inches over the designer's height of 1,815 feet, was the decision on the CN Tower by Ross McWhirter, who puts out the Guinness Book of World Reco(...)
Five inches over the designer's height of 1,815 feet, was the decision on the CN Tower by Ross McWhirter, who puts out the Guinness Book of World Reco(...)
4/2/1975
Norris McWhirter
Norris McWhirter
4/8/1983
Ross McWhirter. Incredible factual recall
Ross McWhirter. Incredible factual recall
3/29/1968
Norris McWhirter. Finnikcy with figures
Norris McWhirter. Finnikcy with figures
3/29/1968
Fire on the CN Tower. Fire broke out at CN Tower about 2 p.m. today, above observation level, about 1,500 ft. up the 1,815-ft. tower. Thick smoke pour(...)
Fire on the CN Tower. Fire broke out at CN Tower about 2 p.m. today, above observation level, about 1,500 ft. up the 1,815-ft. tower. Thick smoke pour(...)
July 8, 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
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
CN President Robert Bandeen stands on the back of his railway car at the foot of the CN tower
CN President Robert Bandeen stands on the back of his railway car at the foot of the CN tower
4/28/1976
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
British Prime Minister James Callaghan and wife, Audrey, leave the CN Tower with Ontario Premier William Davis after viewing the city from tower's obs(...)
British Prime Minister James Callaghan and wife, Audrey, leave the CN Tower with Ontario Premier William Davis after viewing the city from tower's obs(...)
9/14/1976
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