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Subway construction art work by John DeRinzy
series1949-1950Fonds 16 > Series 25914 descriptions inside14 digitized
Series consists of drawings showing construction of the subway along Yonge Street, focusing on the workers in context with their jobs, tools, and the structure of the tunnel taking shape around them. Eleven drawings were done in watercolour and were highlighted with charcoal. The remainder were done…
14 descriptions directly inside
- First lift excavation : men digging under wooden frames supporting construction cables and utilitiesitem 1950Digitized
- Men excavating in timber lined trenchitem 1950Digitized
- Crane excavating with clam shell bucketitem 1950Digitized
- Underground utilities, Yonge Streetitem 1949Digitized
- The trench during work breakitem 1950Digitized
- Yonge Street timber deckingitem 1949Digitized
- Welderitem 1950Digitized
- Driving piles at Bay and Frontitem 1950Digitized
- Crane lifts steel girder to support Yonge Street deckingitem 1950Digitized
- Man with jack hammeritem 1949Digitized
- Three men with jack hammersitem 1950Digitized
- Man breaks ground with jack hammeritem 1950Digitized
- Workers' tools : shovel and jack hammeritem 1950Digitized
- Man diggingitem 1950Digitized