- City of Toronto Archives
- Thomas Taylor collection
- Photographic album of Bloor Street Viaduct construction
Photographic album of Bloor Street Viaduct construction
file1915-1918Fonds 89 > File 3
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Concrete rubbing machine
Showing the men wirebrushing the concrete railing: note the dismantled forms laying in the foreground
Handrail complete on the Rosedale section
View showing the form work for the ends of Piers B, C, D, and E above the subway floor: note the steel posts with expanded metal wound around them
View of Pier C taken in 1915 showing the complicated forming required for the ends
View of Pier D in 1916 showing the nature of the form work required in the piers between the top of the granites and the subway floor
Trimming steel sheet piling with gas flame, Pier E
Where
- Held by
- City of Toronto Archives via City of Toronto Archives
- Dates
- 1915-1918 (indexed as 1915–1918)
- Level
- file
- Extent
- 67 photographs : b&w ; 18 x 28 cm or smaller
- Scope & content
- File consists of an album documenting the construction of the Bloor Street Viaduct. With both panoramic views of the project and detailed views of the workers, these photographs capture both the scope of the project and the men who built it.Some photographs and album pages bear the stamp of Quinlan & Robertson Ltd. Contractors, while others include handwritten annotations or a date stamp. The inside front cover contains the following handwritten inscription: "Property of [Pete?] Black, Feb 18th 1918".
- Location
- Bloor St · street · confidence 35% · street · found as “Bloor Street”
- Subjects
- Prince Edward Viaduct (Toronto, Ont.); BRIDGES; CONSTRUCTION; BUILDING MATERIALS; CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY; LABOUR FORCE
- Harvested
- 2026-10-18T16:22:21Z · source datestamp n/a · toronto