Crawford Street bridge photographs

subseries1914-1919Fonds 200 > Series 372 > Subseries 19

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Where

Crawford StCorrect the location Nearby on the big map

Held by

City of Toronto Archives via City of Toronto Archives

Dates

1914-1919 (indexed as 1914–1919)

Level

subseries

Extent

ca. 25 photographs : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm and smaller; ca. 97 photographs : b&w negatives ; 13 x 18 cm and smaller

Scope & content

Subseries consists of details and progress views of the reconstruction of the Crawford Street bridge, which spanned a ravine in the north west corner of Trinity Bellwoods Park just south of Dundas St. W. The new bridge, with its three concrete arches and ornate balustrade, replaced an older wooden bridge at the same location. The bridge was buried in the 1960s using fill created by the construction of the Bloor-Danforth subway line.Photographs in this subseries, which are arranged chronologically, document the process of construction from its beginning in August 1914 to the paving of the bridge in February 1919. There is an emphasis on detail views of the construction (e.g., deck beam reinforcement, steel arch junctions, handrail post forms, and twisted wire form holders), although more general views are also included.

Location

Crawford St · street · confidence 35% · street · found as “Crawford Street”

Correct the location

Subjects

Toronto (Ont.). Dept. of Works; Crawford St (Toronto, Ont.); Trinity Bellwoods Park (Toronto, Ont.); BRIDGES; CONSTRUCTION; BUILDING MATERIALS; RAVINES

Harvested

2026-10-22T03:37:17Z · source datestamp n/a · toronto

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