A conveyor belt for traffic snakes across city

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A conveyor belt for traffic snakes across city

Date9/14/1968

Names

Spremo, Boris (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: A conveyor belt for traffic snakes across city. Snaking across the northern areas of Toronto; the MacDonald-Cartier Freeway resembles a huge concrete conveyor belt as it performs its vital link in the cross-Canada highway system. This photograh; taken at the 12-lane intersection with Yonge St.; is one of a series of aerial views of the city taken by Star photographer

Subject

Express highways

Country:Canada

City, town or township:Toronto

East-west street:Highway 401 (MacDonald-Cartier Freeway)

North-south street:Yonge Street

Province or state:Ontario

Medium

Aerial photographs

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0008322F

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