Geogblog
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The first photo shows three entrances to the ferry terminal. You can definitely see the crowd parting into three lines in the second photo.
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adma
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It's also interesting to note how Hanlan's Point (where all the "popular" attractions were until the 20s/30s) was first in the pecking order.
Goldie
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Housing costs in 1888…..from an issue of The Canadian Architect and Builder (thanks to Mustapha for the link).
Geogblog
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No need for a furnace, basement, or heating system.
r937
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they look a lot bigger than what i currently have
steveintoronto
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My first impression seeing them was: "Wow, great Yuppie houses!". Those would go for a pretty penny in Toronto today.
W. K. Lis
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Goldie
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Waterfront - from Bathurst St. on the west to Trinity St. on the east 1877 TPL
nostalgic
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Except none of them has indoor plumbing.
W. K. Lis
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Electrical wiring would be extra.
Goldie
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A history of the Don Valley brick Works ---- written in 1907
Geogblog
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Nobody in those types of homes had electricity in 1888. In town they used gas for domestic lighting.
LPCI
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I’m not seeing any bathrooms (WC) either.
DSC
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Somewhat like THIS - it still happens!: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thisisthat...120-bathrooms-in-brand-new-building-1.3773054
Geogblog
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That 125 HP Brown pattern engine from Worswicks of Guelph was an antique by 1907. Worswicks was absorbed by Polsons in 1886. That engine will be at least 20 years old, far too long in the tooth for a high-speed engine, built without high-quality steels. What we are seeing here is the effect of the hard times of the 1890s. It was an up-to-date brickworks in the later 1880s, but starved of investment in the 1890s, and surviving on old equipment in the Edwardian era.