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Just pooling around in the parking lot, Take one parking lot with a good size dip in the centre, one storm sewer with its inlet plugged, add one fast (...)
Just pooling around in the parking lot, Take one parking lot with a good size dip in the centre, one storm sewer with its inlet plugged, add one fast (...)

Just pooling around in the parking lot, Take one parking lot with a good size dip in the centre, one storm sewer with its inlet plugged, add one fast (...)

Date8/6/1968
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Original Toronto Star caption: Just pooling around in the parking lot; Take one parking lot with a good size dip in the centre; one storm sewer with its inlet plugged; add one fast downpour of rain and . . . . Presto! You've got the formula for an instant swimming pool.
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Country:Canada
Province or state:Ontario
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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_0007199F
Peddling along: Steve Brittain and Joe Hill find it's easier to get around the parking lot at Moodie's Motor Inn in the Pickering area in a pedal-boat than in a car
Peddling along: Steve Brittain and Joe Hill find it's easier to get around the parking lot at Moodie's Motor Inn in the Pickering area in a pedal-boat than in a car
2/14/1984
Torn from its moorings at Oakville Power Boat Club in last night's storm, the Playmate, a cabin cruiser owned by Allan Archer of Burlington, was carri(...)
Torn from its moorings at Oakville Power Boat Club in last night's storm, the Playmate, a cabin cruiser owned by Allan Archer of Burlington, was carri(...)
5/16/1974
New breed of stuntman, Stuntman Ken Quinn, of Mississauga, gets 'hit' by a car in the parking lot at Square One shopping centre in Mississauga
New breed of stuntman, Stuntman Ken Quinn, of Mississauga, gets 'hit' by a car in the parking lot at Square One shopping centre in Mississauga
3/7/1988
Cramped conditions: At the Plaza Hotel in Etobicoke, illegal immigrants exercise yesterday in the only recreation area - a parking lot the size of a suburban driveway
Cramped conditions: At the Plaza Hotel in Etobicoke, illegal immigrants exercise yesterday in the only recreation area - a parking lot the size of a suburban driveway
5/24/1990
Memories of horror: Frank Cornelius and Reg Whibley relive the hazardous night they fought in fast rising waters of the Humber River to rescue neighbors
Memories of horror: Frank Cornelius and Reg Whibley relive the hazardous night they fought in fast rising waters of the Humber River to rescue neighbors
10/8/1979
One of the 50 bulldozers at work to mile clay on top of the dikes, which were a few inches to a foot above the water
One of the 50 bulldozers at work to mile clay on top of the dikes, which were a few inches to a foot above the water
4/22/1974
In corning, N.Y., one of hundreds of cars that were pushed through the streets by floodwaters lies entangled with debris as the waters subside. [incomplete]
In corning, N.Y., one of hundreds of cars that were pushed through the streets by floodwaters lies entangled with debris as the waters subside. [incomplete]
6/25/1972
U.S. Flood, Pix show a house in a deep Raven, which fell as is when bank collapsed - owned by Mr. Rumsey who is in one pix, with house in back ground
U.S. Flood, Pix show a house in a deep Raven, which fell as is when bank collapsed - owned by Mr. Rumsey who is in one pix, with house in back ground
6/25/1972
Floodwater rises steadily higher in Carman, one of the small Manitoba communities unprotected by dikes
Floodwater rises steadily higher in Carman, one of the small Manitoba communities unprotected by dikes
4/25/1979
A truck plows through floodwaters on a road near Leamington, one of the areas worst hit by flooding from heavy rain and water blown ashore from Lake E(...)
A truck plows through floodwaters on a road near Leamington, one of the areas worst hit by flooding from heavy rain and water blown ashore from Lake E(...)
11/15/1972
Image shows a part of the street under the bridge flooded with a car floating around.
Six feet of icy water covers Summerhill underpass on Yonge St. after 36-inch watermain burst yesterday afternoon. One automobile was trapped, but driver escaped before it was submerged completely. [Incomplete]
1/30/1977
Town called Hope: One of Port Hope's hundreds of cleanup volunteers mans a bucket to bail mud and slush out of store basements in the town's flood ravaged business district
Town called Hope: One of Port Hope's hundreds of cleanup volunteers mans a bucket to bail mud and slush out of store basements in the town's flood ravaged business district
3/23/1980