- City of Toronto Archives
- Former City of Toronto fonds
- Dept. of Public Works photographs
- Victoria Park Pumping Station photographs
Victoria Park Pumping Station photographs
subseries1935-1936Fonds 200 > Series 372 > Subseries 77
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53 images · showing 1–48 · displayed from City of Toronto Archives's own server
Site from southwest — Filtration Plant in background
Site from the west
Site from the east
Site from the north
Site viewed from roof of Administration Building
Main drain and overflow
9" V.T. drain at retaining wall
Excavation — Service Building area
Excavation Pumping Station area
Mixing plant
Access tunnel
Sloughing north footing service building
Concrete bearing pile loaded 45 tons
Pumping station and service building excavation
General view of excavation — Filtration Plant in background
Temporary steel piling
Access tunnel
Trestle for conveying concrete
Graded gravel over footing drains
Raw water discharge conduits
Panorama of site — Filtration Plant in background
Panorama
Guniting — west effluent at Y (first coat)
Suction Header No. 1
Guniting complete, curve Suction Header No. 1
Guniting complete, Suction Header No. 1
Panorama
Panorama
Placing boilers
Bottom of bins in Chemical Building
R.W. discharge conduits
Foundation for 9" tile drain
9" tile drain, north of Service Building
R.W. discharge conduits
Suction Headers low lift
Suction Headers low lift
Panorama
Panorama
H.P. mains and drains between buildings
Twenty ton crane and steel roof frame
Thirty ton crane and roof — Transformer Building
Steel piling for 84" F.W. conduit and shaft 1
Floor of workshop
Cover plates, intake section
Roof slabs (Haydite)
Placing Haydite roof slabs
Excavation for 84" F.W. conduit and meter
Main drain outfall
Where
- Held by
- City of Toronto Archives via City of Toronto Archives
- Dates
- 1935-1936 (indexed as 1935–1936)
- Level
- subseries
- Extent
- ca. 4 photographs : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm and smaller; ca. 53 photographs : b&w negatives ; 13 x 18 cm and smaller
- Scope & content
- Subseries consists of images documenting the construction of the pumping station facilities at the Victoria Park (later R.C. Harris) Filtration Plant. Arranged chronlogically, these photographs provide detail views of the project, including images of the excavation work and the construction of the foundation for the tile drains. Subseries also includes general and panoramic views showing the progress of construction.
- Location
- Pumping Station · landmark · confidence 55% · landmark:toronto · found as “pumping station”
- Subjects
- R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant (Toronto, Ont.); Toronto (Ont.). Dept. of Works; FILTRATION PLANTS; CONSTRUCTION; EXCAVATION
- Harvested
- 2026-10-21T22:24:00Z · source datestamp n/a · toronto