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First Concrete Highway in Canada Linking Up Toronto and Hamilton by a Modern Scientific Road-Bed Costing $600,000 to Facilitate Traffic and Give Pleasure to 700,000 People
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1912Item number (ISN):21928Link to related resource:Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:JAMES, William, SR.Accession:1974-0144Media:FilmPart:1 of 1Production date:1912Production company:James and SonsDescription:Highway 2, the first concrete highway in Canada, linking up the cities of Toronto and Hamilton by a modern, scientific roadbed costing $600,000, to facilitate traffic and give pleasure to 700,000 people. Horse drawn wagon and horse drawn bread van pass the camera, a 1912 automobile and a cyclist pass. Shots of automobiles coming up the narrow concrete road towards and past the camera. A cyclist keeps right up with the traffic. A Toronto Daily News van passes. Construction scenes as men and new scientific machines work on a centre section of the roadway at Oakville, Ontario. A new steel extension bridge to facilitate surface floating was invented and designed for this road. Shots of men trowelling wet cement onto the roadway by hand.Language:Silent with English intertitlesNotes: -
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