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Clearing the air
Clearing the air

Clearing the air

Date2/24/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: Clearing the air: Alderman Anthony O'Donohue and his wife; at right; chat with officials at the Ontario Hydro Hearn plant today. Officials (back to camera) were trying to convince O'Donohue-who spearheads an inquiry into pollution-that their proposed 700-foot stack is most practical method of controlling pollution.
GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
GeographyProvince stateOntario
GeographyCountryCanada
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0010924F
Clearing the air, Esso Petroleum Canada driver Yvon Bissonette checks the controls of a vapor recovery system, just launched to reduce air pollution b(...)
Clearing the air, Esso Petroleum Canada driver Yvon Bissonette checks the controls of a vapor recovery system, just launched to reduce air pollution b(...)
Dunlop, Al
11/28/1991
Monitoring the air we breathe is the job of these machines at the provincial government's air management branch
Monitoring the air we breathe is the job of these machines at the provincial government's air management branch
Bezant, Graham
4/6/1973
Spare the air: Warnings about Toronto's air quality weren't enough to keep these cars off the Don Valley Parkway last week
Spare the air: Warnings about Toronto's air quality weren't enough to keep these cars off the Don Valley Parkway last week
Russell, Steve
6/25/1998
Mirroring a refinery, Spewing smoke into the air, the Texaco refinery at Port Credit is reflected in the glassy waters of an adjoining pond, created b(...)
Mirroring a refinery, Spewing smoke into the air, the Texaco refinery at Port Credit is reflected in the glassy waters of an adjoining pond, created b(...)
Norris, Dave
6/2/1971
Car exhausts spew out half the pollution in the city air, Bill given good chance to pass U
Car exhausts spew out half the pollution in the city air, Bill given good chance to pass U
Toronto Star (Firm)
4/23/1965
The offender?, Blamed for massive downtown air pollution, not a wisp of smoke curled from 250-foot Hydro smokestack on Pearl St. when photographed, 10.28 a.m. today
The offender?, Blamed for massive downtown air pollution, not a wisp of smoke curled from 250-foot Hydro smokestack on Pearl St. when photographed, 10.28 a.m. today
Spremo, Boris
11/23/1967
Polluting the water and air, this phosphorus-producing plant built by the Electric Reduction Company of Canada is the target for Newfoundland fisherme(...)
Polluting the water and air, this phosphorus-producing plant built by the Electric Reduction Company of Canada is the target for Newfoundland fisherme(...)
James, Norman
9/18/1969
A Career civil servant, Douglas Walker is an enforcement officer with Metro's air pollution control division
A Career civil servant, Douglas Walker is an enforcement officer with Metro's air pollution control division
Geo, Mario
1/13/1965
Trunk-mounted propane tanks in Gordon Champion's car produces a dual-fuel system-propane and gasoline
Trunk-mounted propane tanks in Gordon Champion's car produces a dual-fuel system-propane and gasoline
Ross, Fred
3/10/1970
Free pollution checks for cars, The Ontario Motor League will be offering motorists free pollution checks on their cars' exhaust systems beginning nex(...)
Free pollution checks for cars, The Ontario Motor League will be offering motorists free pollution checks on their cars' exhaust systems beginning nex(...)
Lennon, Frank
5/28/1973
Steel liners as much as 60 feet long and weighing up to five tons are slipped into the 320-foot-high anti-pollution smokestack at the St. Lawrence Sta(...)
Steel liners as much as 60 feet long and weighing up to five tons are slipped into the 320-foot-high anti-pollution smokestack at the St. Lawrence Sta(...)
Norris, Dave
7/12/1971
Controlling car pollution
Controlling car pollution
Mahler, John
10/29/1989