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Good will: It took neighbors' yards on March Rd., plus Roy Brown's own yard on North Bonnington Ave., to build the 22-ton, 50-foot long Margroy.
Good will: It took neighbors' yards on March Rd., plus Roy Brown's own yard on North Bonnington Ave., to build the 22-ton, 50-foot long Margroy.

Good will: It took neighbors' yards on March Rd., plus Roy Brown's own yard on North Bonnington Ave., to build the 22-ton, 50-foot long Margroy.

Date6/12/1978
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0125639F
Brown checks controls and instruments. Vessel is powered by 3 diesel engines, Just as incredible as the amount of work put into the boat is the co-operation of Brown's neighbors.
Brown checks controls and instruments. Vessel is powered by 3 diesel engines, Just as incredible as the amount of work put into the boat is the co-operation of Brown's neighbors.
11/14/1977
Riding shotgun on $3 Billion. It took 50 trips by armored trucks to move $3 billions in stocks, bonds, gold and silver ingots, 100 yards the old main (...)
Riding shotgun on $3 Billion. It took 50 trips by armored trucks to move $3 billions in stocks, bonds, gold and silver ingots, 100 yards the old main (...)
12/7/1969
Survival instructor Bill Garrard cuts a feather stick - an easy way to start a fire - during a demonstration of wilderness survival techniques in the Terra Cotta Conservation Area. Three fires 50 yards apart in a triangle is the standrad signal to alert a
Survival instructor Bill Garrard cuts a feather stick - an easy way to start a fire - during a demonstration of wilderness survival techniques in the Terra Cotta Conservation Area. Three fires 50 yards apart in a triangle is the standrad signal to alert a
1/22/1978
Dog attack: The face of Robert Luburic, 9, bears the wounds of a savage attack by 120 pound Alaskan malamute after he chased a ball into a Mississauga neighbor's yard
Dog attack: The face of Robert Luburic, 9, bears the wounds of a savage attack by 120 pound Alaskan malamute after he chased a ball into a Mississauga neighbor's yard
5/19/1981
Evicted from home, Mrs. Mabel Driver and her children, stand looking at their furniture piled in a neighbor's yard. With Mrs. Driver are daughter Ivy (...)
Evicted from home, Mrs. Mabel Driver and her children, stand looking at their furniture piled in a neighbor's yard. With Mrs. Driver are daughter Ivy (...)
2/20/1969
C. P. R., Lambton Yards, roundhouse, Runnymede Rd., south west corner St. Clair Ave. W.; Interior. Toronto, Ont.
C. P. R., Lambton Yards, roundhouse, Runnymede Rd., south west corner St. Clair Ave. W.; Interior. Toronto, Ont.
8/17/1957
Image shows a Toronto transit Commission yard.
Toronto Transit Commission, Spadina gravel & tie yards, foot of Spadina Ave., Toronto, Ontario
7/6/1922
Ontario Simcoe & Huron Railroad, Engine No. 1, "Lady Elgin", in Northern Railway yards, west side foot of Spadina Ave., Toronto
Ontario Simcoe & Huron Railroad, Engine No. 1, "Lady Elgin", in Northern Railway yards, west side foot of Spadina Ave., Toronto
1881?
Image shows a steam locomotive on tracks.
Ontario, Simcoe & Huron Railroad, Engine No. 1, "Lady Elgin", in Northern Railway yards, west side foot of Spadina Ave., Toronto, Ontario
1881?
Digging in for a long winter. A huge pile of salt - 4,300 tons of it - is heaped up in the city yard at Yonge St. and pears Ave. in preparation for wi(...)
Digging in for a long winter. A huge pile of salt - 4,300 tons of it - is heaped up in the city yard at Yonge St. and pears Ave. in preparation for wi(...)
10/18/1973
Looking over Toronto's railway yards, Sanford Duplassie, 25, left White River in June when CP Rail laid off workers. There's a future here, he says. Only one of his friends has remained in the north. There's nothing there for the younger person. There's no industry. There's nothing. Over half the town is made up of pnsioners. His father is one of them. Sanford's 11 brothers and sisters are scattered across North America, from Texas to British Columbia.
Looking over Toronto's railway yards, Sanford Duplassie, 25, left White River in June when CP Rail laid off workers. There's a future here, he says. Only one of his friends has remained in the north. There's nothing there for the younger person. There's no industry. There's nothing. Over half the town is made up of pnsioners. His father is one of them. Sanford's 11 brothers and sisters are scattered across North America, from Texas to British Columbia.
12/5/1973
Looking over Toronto's railway yards, Sanford Duplassie, 25, left White River in June when CP Rail laid off workers. There's a future here, he says. Only one of his friends has remained in the north. There's nothing there for the younger person. There's no industry. There's nothing. Over half the town is made up of pnsioners. His father is one of them. Sanford's 11 brothers and sisters are scattered across North America, from Texas to British Columbia.
Looking over Toronto's railway yards, Sanford Duplassie, 25, left White River in June when CP Rail laid off workers. There's a future here, he says. Only one of his friends has remained in the north. There's nothing there for the younger person. There's no industry. There's nothing. Over half the town is made up of pnsioners. His father is one of them. Sanford's 11 brothers and sisters are scattered across North America, from Texas to British Columbia.
12/5/1973