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series1891-1911Fonds 200 > Series 376
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Dundas Street bridge, looking south: over Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific railway tracks
Queen Street East crossing, looking north
Grand Trunk Railway crossing Dunn Avenue from south 30 yards distant
Grand Trunk Railway crossing Dunn Avenue from north 30 yards distant
Don crossing, looking west
Dundas Street bridge, detail of column and bracing
Canadian Pacific Railway crossing Davenport Road from north, 25 yards distant
Don crossing, looking south
Western cattle market bridge, looking east
North and Northwestern Railway crossing Bloor Street from east, 20 yards distant
Old Dundas Street bridge, looking northeast
Don crossing, looking east
Dundas Street bridge, looking north
Queen Street East, railway crossing looking west
Grand Trunk Railway crossing Dufferin Street from south, 30 yards distant
Grand Trunk Railway crossing Dufferin Street from north 30 yards distant - CNE western limit Crystal Palace hidden behind trees
Grand Trunk Railway crossing York Street from south, 40 yards distant
Old Dundas Street bridge, east approach
Canadian Pacific Railway crossing Bathurst Street from north, 50 yards distant
Grand Trunk Railway crossing York Street from north, 45 yards distant
Old Dundas Street bridge, looking south
Canadian Pacific Railway crossing Poplar Plains Road from north, 20 yards distant
Old Dundas Street bridge, William Leak Company lumber yard
Yonge Street crossing looking south, from 25 yards north of the track
Grand Trunk Railway crossing Jameson Avenue from south, 40 yards distant
Dundas Street bridge, old ramp from Dundas Street
Dundas Street - Mr. Leak's lumberyard
Grand Trunk Railway crossing Jameson Avenue from north, 30 yards distant
Dundas Street bridge, new ramp
North and Northwest Railway crossing Bloor Street from west, 40 yards distant
Northwest Branch, Garrison Creek sewer
Bathurst Street - Canadian Pacific Railway crossing Bathurst Street from south, 50 yards distant
Plan of the northwest branch, Garrison Creek sewer
Canadian Pacific Railway crossing Dufferin Street from the north, 60 yards distant
Shoring, northwest branch creek sewer
Garrison Creek sewer, northwest branch
Bellmouth, northwest branch, Garrison Creek sewer
Bathurst Street
Bathurst Street
Bathurst Street
Bathurst Street
Jarvis Street (Wilton Avenue)
Jarvis Street
Jarvis Street
Queen Street subway, looking west, prior to reconstruction
Queen Street subway, looking east, prior to reconstruction
Queen Street subway, looking north
Water Works upheaval
Where
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- Held by
- City of Toronto Archives via City of Toronto Archives
- Creator
- Toronto (Ont.). City Engineer's Dept.
- Dates
- 1891-1911 (indexed as 1891–1911)
- Level
- series
- Extent
- 614 photographs : b&w ; 28 x 36 cm or smaller
- Scope & content
- Series consists of photographs that document the activities of the City Engineer's Department, including the construction of and improvements to sidewalks, roads, bridges, and water works. There are also photographs of level railway crossings, municipal buildings, dredging operations, and panoramic bird's-eye views of the city, the harbour, and Toronto Island. These photographs were produced for the department by commercial photographers F. W. Micklethwaite, Josiah Bruce, and city employee Arthur F. Rust. They were used to monitor public works projects and to illustrate the Annual Reports of the City Engineer. The City Engineer's department's original numbering system has been maintained.
- Location
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- Subjects
- Ashbridge's Bay (Toronto, Ont.); Toronto Harbour (Toronto, Ont.); CONSTRUCTION; ROADS; BRIDGES; WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS; SEWERAGE; BUILDINGS; SIDEWALKS; WATERFRONTS; BOATS
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- 2026-10-22T04:55:53Z · source datestamp n/a · toronto