Bloor Viaduct under construction, Don Section, Pier E, 1915

dc.contributor.author	Unknown
dc.date.accessioned	2008-05-16T17:27:52Z
dc.date.available	2008-05-16T17:27:52Z
dc.date.issued	21/09/1915
dc.description	Note: Before the Viaduct was completed in 1918, the valley was a significant barrier to the eastward expansion of the city—the most northerly crossing within the city limits being the small bridge at Winchester Street. Named for Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII), who visited Toronto for the first time in 1918, the Prince Edward Viaduct was initially very controversial. To Toronto residents at the time, access to the sparsely populated Danforth area didn’t justify the bridge’s $2,500,000 price tag. City residents turned down two proposals for bridge construction before finally approving the plans in January 1913.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	Changing Urban Waterfronts research project
dc.identifier.citation	Bloor Viaduct under Construction, Don Section, Pier E (September 21, 1915). Toronto Public Library, TRL, Canadian Historical Picture Collection, Bloor Viaduct Album, BV 611.	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10315/1256
dc.publisher	Location: Toronto Public Library	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Historical Picture Collection, Bloor Viaduct Album, BV 611.	en
dc.subject	Prince Edward Viaduct
dc.subject	Don Valley
dc.title	Bloor Viaduct under construction, Don Section, Pier E, 1915	en
dc.type	Image	en

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