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Toronto Street Railway rolling stock and facilities [graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

File

Date:

1915-1921 [1921 predominant].

Reference:

R5500-963-0-E, Volume number: 1690

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

6432052

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Andrew Audubon Merrilees fonds

Merrilees photographic and art collection

Photographic albums, miscellaneous photographs of Canadian railway manufacturers, and transportation indexes

Photographic albums of land and water transportation

Toronto Street Railway rolling stock and facilities
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Date(s):

1915-1921 [1921 predominant].

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

520 photographs: b&w, mounted

Language of material:

English

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Unbound album with indexes giving itemized captions of the Toronto Street Railway cars as well as barns, substations, power station, and other buildings, 1921. There are a total of 520 photos .

The album is entitled: Appraisal of Street Railway Property, Photographs of Cars and Equipment, by Albert S. Richey, Electric Railway Engineer, Worcester, Massetchusetts. The first part of the album has 81 pages, and details specific types of streetcars, as well as trucks, trolley stands and headlights, controller checks, benders and drawbars, guards, signs, door controls, pay door mechanism, fare boxes, stoves. sanding mechanism, strap rail, gutter, framing details. Also there are general photos of service cars (1921), and general photographs of passenger cars from 1915-1921. There are 410 photos in this section.

The second part of the album has 68 pages, and provides details on interiors and exteriors of Car Barns, substations, and power stations and other miscellaneous buildings for the Toronto Street Railway. There are 110 photos in this section.

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Toronto Street Railway

Source:

Private
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