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View? what view?, The good news about working as a Toronto Hydro Lineman like Steve Ruscitti is the great vistas of Toronto neighborhoods from the raised bucket he works in all day
View? what view?, The good news about working as a Toronto Hydro Lineman like Steve Ruscitti is the great vistas of Toronto neighborhoods from the raised bucket he works in all day

View? what view?, The good news about working as a Toronto Hydro Lineman like Steve Ruscitti is the great vistas of Toronto neighborhoods from the raised bucket he works in all day

Date11/16/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: View? what view?, The good news about working as a Toronto Hydro Lineman like Steve Ruscitti is the great vistas of Toronto neighborhoods from the raised bucket he works in all day.
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
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_0008854F
Lineman spares that tree, Ontario Hydro lineman Bernie Dore installs a line on new main feeder poles, eight feet taller than the old ones (right), going through Georgetown
Lineman spares that tree, Ontario Hydro lineman Bernie Dore installs a line on new main feeder poles, eight feet taller than the old ones (right), going through Georgetown
7/26/1973
Environmental cause: Quebec Crees, like this trapper near the site of the Great Whale hydro project, have won the support of many American environmentalists
Environmental cause: Quebec Crees, like this trapper near the site of the Great Whale hydro project, have won the support of many American environmentalists
9/11/1991
Power Projects: Quebec natives are trying to stop hydro stations like this one on La Grande River from being built in Great Whale project, indicated on map
Power Projects: Quebec natives are trying to stop hydro stations like this one on La Grande River from being built in Great Whale project, indicated on map
3/1/1991
A busy day on Toronto hydro poles, More action, still, when Hydro sells the poles
A busy day on Toronto hydro poles, More action, still, when Hydro sells the poles
4/2/1969
Now, in-sert plug 'A' in socket 'B', These men in the street are Toronto Hydro workers Sid Byatt, left, and Rob McEldon at work in a manhole at the fo(...)
Now, in-sert plug 'A' in socket 'B', These men in the street are Toronto Hydro workers Sid Byatt, left, and Rob McEldon at work in a manhole at the fo(...)
1/3/1974
A change of light, Replacing and maintaining lightbulbs in city street lamps is a full-time job for several Toronto Hydro work crews
A change of light, Replacing and maintaining lightbulbs in city street lamps is a full-time job for several Toronto Hydro work crews
7/5/1973
A broken power line is repaired by Mississauga lineman Bob Nelson early today after an area of the town was blacked out by wind, freezing rain and sno(...)
A broken power line is repaired by Mississauga lineman Bob Nelson early today after an area of the town was blacked out by wind, freezing rain and sno(...)
2/22/1971
It is an expensive business to maintain construction camps in a hostile environment, like this one at the James Bay hydro project in northern Quebec. (...)
It is an expensive business to maintain construction camps in a hostile environment, like this one at the James Bay hydro project in northern Quebec. (...)
3/25/1974
Image shows an aerial view of a Transformer Station.
Hydro Transformer Station, Millwood Road, east side, between Village Station Road and Overlea Boulevard, Toronto, Ontario
1938-02
It's all in a day's work, A helicopter plucks a man from a power line, taking him from one job site to another on the 230-volt high-tension line between Cherrywood and Oshawa
It's all in a day's work, A helicopter plucks a man from a power line, taking him from one job site to another on the 230-volt high-tension line between Cherrywood and Oshawa
4/30/1975
Superb Vistas await at every turn when you set out to explore Guadeloupe
Superb Vistas await at every turn when you set out to explore Guadeloupe
2/7/1976
Pollution fighter: This 700-foot smokestack, built two years ago at a cost of $9 million, was designed to reduce air pollution at Ontario Hydro's Hearn generating plant on Toronto's waterfront
Pollution fighter: This 700-foot smokestack, built two years ago at a cost of $9 million, was designed to reduce air pollution at Ontario Hydro's Hearn generating plant on Toronto's waterfront
8/3/1972