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T. Eaton Co. letterhead 1903

T. Eaton Co. letterhead 1903.jpg
 
Group of workmen on the "Scarboro," the ship used to install intake pipes to R.C. Harris Filtration Plant 1933 CTA
Group of workmen on the %22Scarboro,%22 the ship used to install intake pipes to R.C. Harris F...jpg
 
Two things...it looks like management on the right, labourers on the left. Also by the coils of air hose is a diver’s “collar”. see example in photo.
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Yes, good observation LPCI.
They'd certainly need a diver to assist with the placement of intake pipes on the lake-bed.
 
Some photos and ads from a souvenir publication (Toronto Public Library Archives) featuring the International Typographical Union's convention in Toronto in 1905.

ITU Souvenir 1905.jpg


Looking S. from Ont. Legislature Bldg. 1905 TPL
Looking S. from Ont. Legislature Bldg. 1905  TPL.jpg


Centre Island Lagoon 1905 TPL
Centre Island Lagoon 1905 TPL.jpg


Consumers' Gas ad
ad for Consumers' Gas.jpg


ad for United Garment Workers Union.jpg


Toronto Woman's Auxiliary.jpg
 
The original photos show a taken date of September 19, 1899, and make a slightly wider panorama.

1899 Toronto Lighthouse - Looking East by A Stitch in Time

Should be remembered that the Toronto Islands and Sunnyside Beach were (past tense) formed from the sand and silt eroded from the Scarborough Bluffs. Protecting the Scarborough Bluffs from erosion these days mean that human intervention is needed to keep the Islands from disappearing.
 

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