- City of Toronto Archives
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- Island Filtration Plant photographs
Island Filtration Plant photographs
subseries1909-1912Fonds 200 > Series 372 > Subseries 24
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211 images · showing 1–48 · displayed from City of Toronto Archives's own server
Filtration plant site before work commenced
Filtration plant site before work commenced
Site of plant
Site of plant
Drainage canal
Making concrete pipe
Drainage canal
Drainage canal
Making concrete pipe
Making concrete pipe
Making concrete pipe
General view looking north
Office building foundation
Office building progress
Concrete pipes
South-west corner drainage canal
General view looking north
Wedge working in drainage canal
Pile driving for pumping station
General view
Pumping out drainage canal
Pumping station foundation
Progress of office building
Progress of office building
Concrete pipe
Making concrete pipe
Making concrete pipe
Laying concrete pipe at the pumping station foundation
Progress at dumping station
Progress of office building
Placing valves
Making concrete pipe
Progress of office building
Floor of filter
Drainage canal
Progress on pumping station
Concrete pipes
Concrete pipes
General view looking south
Progress - office building
Floor of filter partly finished
General view looking west
Progress pumping station
Progress office building
Pumping station foundation
Pumping station foundation
Pumping station foundation
Laying 6 ft. concrete pipe
Where
- Held by
- City of Toronto Archives via City of Toronto Archives
- Dates
- 1909-1912 (indexed as 1909–1912)
- Level
- subseries
- Extent
- ca. 6 photographs : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm and smaller; 213 photographs : b&w negatives ; 13 x 18 cm and smaller
- Scope & content
- Subseries consists of photographs related to the construction of the Island Filtration Plant (now Island Water Treatment Plant) and associated pumping station in Toronto. Arranged chronologically, the photographs focus on filter construction and include general views (interior and exterior), detail views (e.g., valves in filter, filter roof forms, filter floor), and cross-sections.
- Location
- Island Filtration Plant · landmark · confidence 55% · landmark:toronto · found as “island filtration plant”
- Subjects
- Toronto (Ont.). Dept. of Works; Island Water Treatment Plant (Toronto, Ont.); FILTRATION PLANTS; PUMPING STATIONS; CONSTRUCTION; BUILDING MATERIALS
- Harvested
- 2026-10-22T10:03:08Z · source datestamp n/a · toronto