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Photographs of the Milnes Fuel Oil tank demolition by Peter MacCallum
series1997Fonds 1581 > Series 562
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Milnes Fuel Oil demolition no. 1: roof structure of 4,500,000 gallon tank, Cherry Street, Toronto.
Milnes Fuel Oil demolition no. 2: Milnes tank and Cherry Street bascule bridge, Toronto.
Milnes Fuel Oil demolition no. 3: detail of valve and pipeline
Milnes Fuel Oil demolition no. 4: Mike Zuppan and Wesley Fernandes removing sludge
Milnes Fuel Oil demolition no. 5: Wesley entering tank
Milnes Fuel Oil demolition no. 6: detail of pillars
Milnes Fuel Oil demolition no. 7: Mike measuring for large access hole
Milnes Fuel Oil demolition no. 8: Cutting large access hole
Milnes Fuel Oil demolition no. 9: section cut for large access hole
Milnes Fuel Oil demolition no. 10: tank interior after slitting roof plates
Milnes Fuel Oil demolition no. 11: removing a roof plate
Milnes Fuel Oil demolition no. 12: cutting up of beams dropped from roof
Milnes Fuel Oil demolition no. 13: Mike and Wesley on lunch break
Milnes Fuel Oil demolition no. 14: Mike in crane basket
Milnes Fuel Oil demolition no. 15: cutting roof beams
Milnes Fuel Oil demolition no. 16: removing beams dropped inside tank
Milnes Fuel Oil demolition no. 17: Mike cutting a wall plate
Milnes Fuel Oil demolition no. 18: Wesley operating the truck crane
Milnes Fuel Oil demolition no. 19: centre post of dismantled roof
Milnes Fuel Oil demolition no. 20: detail, Mike cutting a welded joint
Milnes Fuel Oil demolition no. 21: Mack truck parked inside tank
Milnes Fuel Oil demolition no. 22: cutting up the bottom plates
Milnes Fuel Oil demolition no. 23: the empty site, looking toward the bascule bridge
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- Held by
- City of Toronto Archives via City of Toronto Archives
- Dates
- 1997 (indexed as 1997)
- Level
- series
- Extent
- 23 photographs : b&w ; 28 x 36 cm
- Scope & content
- Records consist of photographs by Peter MacCallum documenting the demolition of the Milnes Fuel Oil tank, which was located on Cherry Street, Toronto. There are exterior and interior views of the 4.5 million-gallon tank, providing a visual record of the dismantling process undertaken by Mike Zuppan and Wesley Fernandes of S. Cornish and Son.
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- Subjects
- Port Industrial District (Toronto, Ont.); STRUCTURES; DEMOLITION
- Harvested
- 2026-10-20T11:29:21Z · source datestamp n/a · toronto