Workers building the Bloor Street West Subway line, looking east of the Canadian Pacific Railway line in the Junction Triangle, Toronto, July 29, 1925. Photo by Alfred Pearson. Image: City of Toronto Archives
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8386
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City of Toronto Archives
Date of Creation
29 July 1925
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Caption
Workers building the Bloor Street West Subway line, looking east of the Canadian Pacific Railway line in the Junction Triangle, Toronto, July 29, 1925. Photo by Alfred Pearson. Image: City of Toronto Archives
Description
When the decision was finally made to build grade separated subways (underpasses) along Bloor Street West between Dundas Street West and Lansdowne in 1925, it was the railway companies, namely the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Canadian National Railway, that were commissioned to formulate the plans, have them approved by the City, and undertake the work. The subways, once built, allowed for the extension of the the TTC streetcar service along Bloor Street, which provided commuters full east-west transit across the city.