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Photographs of Toronto's railway lands
fondsDigitized 2008 (originally created 1925-1929)Fonds 1580
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Bay Street subway, looking north-west from Bay Street temporary bridge
Bay Street subway from temporary bridge
C.P.R. Express building, looking south from Bay Street temporary bridge
Green track looking north on Bay Street temporary bridge
Green track looking north on Bay Street bridge
C.P.R. Express building, looking west from Yonge Street
Looking east from roof of Union Station
Bay Street temporary bridge from roof of Foy Building
Bay Street temporary bridge from Foy Building
C.P.R. Express building from roof of Union Station
View looking south from top of south-west corner of Foy Building, Front Street
View looking south from top of south-west corner of Foy Building, Front Street
York Street subway, looking north
View looking west, showing east approach of York Street Bridge at south end
View looking south, showing north approach of York Street Bridge
View looking east, showing west approach of York Street Bridge at south end
View looking north-west towards old Union Station and the Cyclorama building
View looking west from the north-west corner of the Cobban Building
View looking north-west from the north-west corner of Cobban Building
View from Fleet and York streets on C/L of subway
View from C.P.R. freight shed, west of bridge
View from C.P.R. freight shed, west of bridge
View looking east, showing west approach of York Street Bridge at south end
View looking south, showing north approach of York Street Bridge
View looking west, showing east appraoch of York Street Bridge at south end
View from Fleet Street and York Street on C/L of subway
View from C.P.R. freight shed west of bridge
View from C.P.R. freight shed, west of bridge
C.N.R. green track, looking south-east: continuation of view shown in item 26
C.N.R. green track, looking north-east: continuation of view shown in item 26
From south looking north
Retaining wall from south-east, looking north-west
Looking south from trestle
Looking north-east, site of new C.N.R. Express
From north, looking south
Looking north, from south
Steam tunnel, Front and York streets, looking north
Steam tunnel, Front and York streets, looking south
Tunnel in C.N.R. Express driveway, looking north
York Street subway, looking north
York Street subway, looking south
Steam tunnel, Front and York streets, looking north
Tunnel in Express driveway, looking north
York Street subway, looking north
View from south-west corner of east wing of new Union Station
View from south-west corner of east wing of new Union Station
View from south-west corner of east wing of new Union Station
View from south-west corner of east wing of new Union Station
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- Held by
- City of Toronto Archives via City of Toronto Archives
- Dates
- Digitized 2008 (originally created 1925-1929) (indexed as 1925–2008)
- Level
- fonds
- Extent
- 98 photographs (tiff)
- Scope & content
- Photographs document Toronto's Railway Lands from Parliament Street to west of Spadina Avenue. They show some of the buildings on the land as well as the construction of the Bay Street subway, York Street subway, Parliament Street subway and Spadina Avenue bridge. There are bird's-eye and panoramic views of the Railway Lands from the roof of Union Station, the Foy Building and from the Cobban Building.
- Location
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- Subjects
- Union Station (Toronto, Ont., 1873-1927); Railway Lands (Toronto, Ont.); Waterfront Viaduct (Toronto, Ont.); RAILWAYS; RAILWAY STATIONS; RAILWAY FREIGHT CARS; BRIDGES; CONSTRUCTION
- Harvested
- 2026-10-20T06:04:26Z · source datestamp n/a · toronto