CN Tower, Construction Documentary The World's Tallest, 1975-2007 To The Top
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- CN Tower, broadcast and telecommunications tower in Toronto. Standing at a height of 1,815 feet (553 metres), it was the world’s tallest freestanding structure until 2007, when it was surpassed by the Burj Dubai building in Dubayy (Dubai), U.A.E. Construction of CN Tower began in February 1973 and involved more than 1,500 workers; the tower was completed in February 1974, and the attachment of its antenna was finished in April 1975. First opened to the public on June 26, 1976, CN Tower was built by Canadian National Railway Company and was initially privately owned, but ownership of the tower was transferred to the Canadian government in 1995; it is now managed by a public corporation. CN Tower, whose designers included John Andrews, Webb Zerafa, Menkes Housden, and E.R. Baldwin, is by far Toronto’s most distinctive landmark. It is a major tourist attraction that includes observation decks, a revolving restaurant at some 1,151 feet (351 metres), and an entertainment complex. It is also a centre for telecommunications in Toronto.
This iconic project was originally initiated by the Canadian National Railways and the official design of the structure started in 1972. Constructed on former railway lands, the ambitious construction project was led by Canada Cement Company. The CN Tower represents the rapid growth and urbanization of Toronto during the late 1960s to early 1970s. In 1973, the construction was officially started with excavating the base of the structure.
Why build so high? According to the CN Tower website, the 1960s brought a boom in the construction of high-rise buildings and skyscrapers:
“These buildings caused serious communications problems for existing transmission towers, which were simply not high enough to broadcast over the new buildings. Signals bounced off the buildings creating poor television and radio reception for residents. With its microwave receptors at 338 m (1,109 ft.) and at the 553.33m (1,815 ft., 5 inches) antenna, the CN Tower swiftly solved the communications problems with room to spare and as a result, people living in the Toronto area now enjoy some of the clearest reception in North America.
Breaking the world height record and establishing Toronto’s tower as the tallest was also a consideration. Eventually the design would erase the record held by Moscow’s Ostankino tower.
According to an article in the Urban Toronto website:
“There was also the question of just how high the tower should go, coupled with the very real possibility that a world record could be broken. President and CEO of Canadian National Robert Bandeen, described by Quinn as a “visionary with artistic sense”, pushed for a height surpassing that of the Ostankino Tower. His wish would be granted - the tower’s final height measured 553.3 metres, trumping Moscow’s landmark by 13 metres.
The structural designers were well aware that this was going to be one of the tallest structures in the world and took the appropriate design measures to ensure the safety of the structure. The construction took place in several phases. Several design modifications took place during construction to maintain the structural integrity of the structure. The CN Tower construction project involved over 1,500 workers who worked in shifts, 24 hours a day, five days a week for 40 months to complete the structure. The project cost CAD $63 million and the completed structure was opened to the public in June 1976.
The CN Tower held the record of the tallest free-standing structure in the world for 32 years until the Burj Khalifa (Dubai, U.A.E.) surpassed it in 2007. Currently, the CN Tower is the fifth highest observation deck in the world which includes several observation decks and a revolving restaurant on top of the tower. Even today, the Toronto skyline is unquestionably unimaginable without this iconic structure. For anyone visiting Toronto, this iconic structure is a definite must-visit.
I will always remember the day the CN Tower became the talkest freestanding structure in the world. My mother, a retired teacher, took my brother and me out of class so we could watch Olga, the Sikorsky Sky Crane lifting the final sections into place.
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A friend of mine told me his mom was allowed to watch the tower being topped out during work. Her boss must have been a nice person.
That Sikorsky CH-54 Tarhe is still flying to this day, its last filed flight was on August 20, 2024 flying out of Van Nuys California.
@@RayleighCriterion "That" Sikorsky is "Olga" and she is an S-64.
I didn’t see too many safety harnesses. My stomach turned just watching them! Great job
Back then you had to know what you are doing and not be afraid and affected by everything. Now most people are dealing with mental issues and nobody knows what will strike when and cannot rely on experience and nerve. Too many workers losing concentration and walking off the edge (of houses or whatever I'm not being specific with the Tower). It's now possible to run into problems let go and the harness holds.
Working at Heights
Real men don't wear safety harnesses, or helmets, or steel toe shoes.
More safety rules = less freedom and freedom does not mean you work unsafely. But the rules are made by bureaucrats who know nothing.
@@oneskyscraper208 kinda like when people with no children write parenting books.
Back when Toronto was actually something to be proud of.
yes it was mostly white settlers...now diversity is our strength and f all gets done..
Seems like an eternity ago.
I'm Cdn and I take no pride away from your post assuming you are also Cdn.
Perhaps it's because I was raised during a time when it was understood that Canada is what its citizens make of it. A good start is having respect for the government of Canada. All I hear any more from Cdn youth is whining about how bad our government has made their lives. Toronto is what Cdns make of it. Whining as though its a dump is a sure path to failure.
@@banalpedant41 Right, since the garbage we're importing surely has nothing to do with the current state of affairs...
@@banalpedant41 It is a dump, and it’s because of people with the mindset of you - believing that the government actually helps Canadian’s - that allowed it to become as much. I was born in Toronto and have lived here for most of my life. The rapid decline of it and its people over the past 35+ years was not voted in - it was systematically planned and machined, just the same as California’s decline was. Neither left nor right politicians have had anything but their own personal financial interests in Toronto since the mid-80’s, and that habit has continued until this very day.
You say I should be proud of Canada and its government. But Canada and its government has shown no pride, consideration or respect for having me be a contributing member of its society - where’s the fairness in that?
My Sister and I both signed the last piece. Our Dad took us out of school to do it, he was a plumber and knew all the guys on site. Good memories.
Truly incredible! I would have liked to have been there too. Good memories indeed. Thank you for watching!
Watching the final piece of antennae at the very top being delicately placed by the Sikorsky Sky Crane, low on fuel, and being rushed with an impending storm cloud quickly descending onto the downtown core, as my father and we watched from Lakeshore Boulevard is a memory I will always cherish. I think I was 10.
Great memories indeed. I guess it was a big challenger for the team in the Sikorsky Sky Crane and on the tower. They work with the knife between their teeth...
I worked few blocks from there, and watched them put the top on.
That's a part of the story that never gets told often: just how close the whole thing came to failure. If the storm came in, or Olga ran out of fuel, it would've been either deadly, or delayed the entire project. Talk of nail-biting!
The helicopter pilot was a genius at his job.
I remember hearing about this construction project as a child, living in Brampton at the time. Then, having a Field-Trip to the CN Tower a few years later. Magical times!
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Takes a three man crew to pull something like that off that off in a Skycrane.
This and the documentary about the building of the Gateway Arch in St.Louis here on YT are the kind of old school documentaries I could watch all day.
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You should check out the Documentary on the Making of The Detroit, Michigan ~ Windsor, Ontario Tunnel it is cool story over 80 years ago
@@79tazman i will look for this thank you.
Now that was an awesome flashback to being a kid!
Looking back, I wonder about those kids who signed their name on the top section. The few who can point at the screen and 'hey thats me!'.
It's been 48 years already. I imagine that some remember that day, and that others were not so lucky... Thank you for watching!
I'm one of those kids. Seems like along time ago but when you get to sign your name as well as those of family and friends it's something I tell my grandkids today😊 I was lucky enough to go on a school trip from Etobicoke downtown where we were all permitted to put names really whatever on the very top piece of the tower.
its crazy it only took 2 years to build it, thats insane in my eyes
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The men who built the CN TOWER should have a plack with their names on it on the bottom
*plaque. Do better.
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There is a "Making Of" exhibit in the base of the tower with pictures and names of many of those involved.
I hope it paid a fortune no way you would catch me up there
@serget2168, I am glad you wrote that. I was noting that many of the comments here were about just the helicopter and nothing about those men who stood under those swinging tons of steel and kept their nerve under the most dangerous conditions imaginable and doing it in a human co-operation to benefit humanity. But look at Canada now- unproductive shysters sucking up all around them as others slave and, yes, die for the parasites.
I was in the Editing Room of Westminster Films where this film was cut on a Moviola 16mm film editor. WFs production offices were located in an old house on Gerrard Street (now long gone) in the heart of Downtown Toronto. WF specialized making only Industrial documentaries, John Deere, Ontario Hydro to name a few, and the CN contract was a big deal as it had a significant budget. Don Haldane was the owner (listed in the credits) and a major player in Canadian film history at the CBC and NFB, he actually went to Yale University and was an intense character, who smoked a cigar. His ex-wife, Lee Gordon was more active running the company as I free-lanced working for her. Lee was strict, aggressive and tough with budgets and crews! Keith Harley worked as a Director and Peter Reid, production manager-interesting to see them credited under photography. I guess because it was such a lengthy ordeal documenting the construction process it was less expensive than using Toronto Cinematographers however Joe Seckeresh, CSC is listed under additional photography and I worked with Joe on a John Deere doco where we were sent to the wheat fields of Alberta. I did not work on the CN project as I came in after it was being wrapped up, but I recall the helicopter footage of the completion of the top of the Tower was celebratory and a great joy and sigh of relief to see the finality of such a construction undertaking, as the time-lapse photography illustrates. I was there only briefly after film college as I re-located to Hollywood for 35 years. Sadly, Lee and Don are long gone. The house paved over by the downtown Toronto development. Arthur Campus who is listed in the credits told me it was once a funeral home! The Westminster Film folks in the 1970’s made money in a tough field, top of the game in Canada-run like a family, hard-assed tough, bottom dollar production, intellectual smarts laced with humor and wit of all the staffers and free-lancers. Great to see this 16mm film on RUclips in 2024!
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Wow. Thanks for sharing!
I knew Don Haldane. I worked with him one block north of Westminster Films on Mutual Street. What are you referring to as "Film College"?
Cool story -thanks for sharing
Amazing architecture design for it's time. Really put Toronto on the map. Still amazing many years later.
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It’s mind blowing that all of that concrete on the very bottom has been holding and continues to hold all of the weight of the concrete above it!
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The music is outstanding considering the topic.
Interesting music indeed. Thank you for watching!
It hurts my ears, every note is insanely emphasized
@@JustinJamesJeepit is loud
Unwatchable because of the shoddy audio
@@JustinJamesJeepnot much brother just taking a dump and watching some RUclips
Pride of Canada 🇨🇦
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They should fly a big Canadian flag from the top of the tower every year on Canada Day.
Yes indeed. Thank you for sharing the info.
My dad used to take my brother and I down to Coronation Park and periodically watch the construction of the tower through binoculars. The best was watching Olga, the giant Sikorsky helicopter, lift the last few pieces of the antenna into place. That memory will stay with me for the rest of my life!
Great memories indeed. Thank you for sharing!
That was the great city of Toronto.
Looking at Toronto now, it’s sad how bad it got ever since.
It’s unrecognizable
I think the mayor of Totonto... not good at all?
@@oneskyscraper208 All mayors of Toronto were great until Nathan Phillips, and it's been all down hill from there.
Fascinating documentary...and the music makes it epic. My hat's off to those guys who can go and work way up there. No way could I do that.
At that time, safety protocols and worker protections were not as robust during that area compared tp modern construction practices. Those workers were indeed very brave. Thank you for watching!
Back in my country we use flying carpets.
One of my UofT engineering profs worked on the tower. One day instead of a lecture he brought in his slide show of pictures of his work. Brilliant!
What a fascinating piece of film and history! A couple of interesting facts: originally the antenna was to be pushed up via the inside. They decided it would be almost unworkable so the Sikorsky, “Olga” helicopter was brought in. I had the pleasure of watching the antenna being installed. Also, a friend of mine had photos taken during construction. His dad worked on the tower. Apparently a lot of native Canadians worked at high altitudes and at times with no safety harness due to the fact they had no fear of heights and have excellent balance.
The natives you mentioned are Mohawks who live on a reserve which straddles the US/Canada border. Generations of them worked building the skyscrapers of New York City.
@@NibsNiven thanks for the update. I think it is important for all of us to remember their fearless contribution.
Amazing. Thanks for sharing the info!
Those are genuine hard workin real men right there...probably didn't get paid what they're really worth😣
"Probably did"?
@@user-zr6pl6nb6z wheew..thanks i missed that 👴🍻
yeah they earned 40,000 a year and bought a 20.000 house in 6 months, fuck right off with that
@@FurnishedIgloo No one bought a house in six months.
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Back in the days when there weren’t a hundred condos littering the downtown core!
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There weren't immigrants coming by the hundreds of thousands every year either.
While on a school trip to "The City" we got to watch some of this build through binoculars in the CIBC building. I remember seeing workers going up and down the stairs like ants in a very tall hive. This was in '76.
Excellent documentary. Thanks for posting this. ❤
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When I arrived in 1978 the conversation was about the CN Tower amazing peace oof engineering 👏
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Thank you to all my italian people who built Toronto ❤
Indeed, God bless them!
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In 1973-74 the Russians monitored construction of the CN Tower. They rented offices in highrise buildings in downtown Toronto with a clear view of the construction site. From there they used small rudimentary lasers to measure how the tower twisted - from its base to its spire - due to the Earth's rotation. Since it was the tallest structure in the world, CN Tower provided a rare opportunity to physically model the trajectory of a ballistic missile. Moscow used this information to program actual missiles. Apparently, fifty years ago, programming flight path trajectory in missiles was not fully mature.
None of this is true.
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When Canada was strong, wealthy and proud.
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IM A HOISTING ENG AND my teacher was the great Winston young .he was the tower crane operator on the tower the story’s he had and I also have his original pics from the construction of the CN tower wat a great man
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A friend of mine worked on this tower. He showed me an old photograph of himself standing on a metal beam - no harness - no nothing - out in the open, overlooking the rest of the city. I wish I could upload it here. Crazy shot. Those steel workers, man... big balls. I could not stand up there and do that work.
Thanks to all the white men who designed and built this tower to last!!!
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I remember driving through Toronto from Ottawa on my motorcycle and when I saw it I stopped on the side of the 401 and just marveled at what I was seeing with my naked eye for the 1st time on September 05, 1977.
Wow, the music goes hard in this doc. 😆
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I watched this being built from start to finish, the hole in the ground was enormous. I took the streetcar dozens of time as a young teenager from the west end, New Toronto in Etobicoke (Go Mimico High Go) to watch it grow. Later when I had a family and kids I took them down to watch the Sky Dome being built, even had a bunch of EllisDon steelworkers staying at the house for that one.
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I remember watching them build the tower from my grandmother's balcony in North York. Years later I would actually work at the CN Tower.
Amazing story. Thank you for watching!
I am deathly afraid of heights and seeing these workers walking on the planks made my stomach sink lol Truly remarkable! I’ve gone up the tower many times.
Yes, these workers were very brave, but I guess you get used to working at height. I visited the tower a long time ago. Thank you for watching!
If you're deathly afraid of heights why would you go up the CN Tower many times?
@@user-zr6pl6nb6z I’m ok with heights as long as I’m enclosed. Planes, buildings, etc. but once I’m out in the open? Nope! lol
Truly wild how much the skyline has grown up since then
Oh yes. In the late 1970s, Toronto was the third “best skyline” after New York City and Chicago. Thank you for watching!
Man the music reminds me of when I was a kid! Awesome!!
Interesting music indeed. Thanks or watching!
The days when Toronto was happy and safe. Ironically, with no black people in the video!
Ya it's a shit hole now. The whole GTA is a mess. Only getting worse with each passing year. RIP canada
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Couldn’t take my eyes off the presentation…Amazing video. Back then these folks got things DONE!
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I recall seeing the distant Sikorsky hovering while I was watching from my front lawn in Scarborough, I was about 11 years old.
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These are the types of jobs that no woman has ever said 'I will do it. I demand equal treatment'.
Im sure there are women with the courage to work there
these days some of the hardest ironworkers ve been on projects on with are women
@@frankcapel9227 Total BS and we all know it. You aren't impressing anyone with your lies.
@@samuelchampagne5031 Really, why are you sure?
You haven't met very many women, have you? Especially in the construction trades.
A close friend was the Lead Ironworker in charge of erecting the steel antennae of the CN Tower.
The iconic photographs of him directing in "Olga" with the final section are on display at the base of the tower.
After the CN Tower job he went to NYC where he was in charge of erecting the steel skeletal framework of World Trade Centre Building Seven, the 47 story Solomon Building, which came down eight hours after the twins, despite not being hit by any airliner.
He eventually retired as the President and CEO of Canron/Dominion but was called back to the WTC's Solomon Building a few years later to do a "special" job lasting for several months and which ended on 9/11/2001
No one had more comprehensive knowledge of what held up Building #7,. Or what brought it down.
He told me the "official" story two days later. That story has since been shown to be false.
My friend died mysteriously in Toronto Harbour in 2010. The spot where his body was found can be seen in the dead centre of the frame at 06:03 in this video. RIP Paul.
Tying up those loose ends 9 years later?
Yep.
Amazing! Can you tell us a little about the real cause of the collapse of WTC 7 or his work there. Thank you for sharing!
@@oneskyscraper208 The Association of Fire Commissioners for NY declared the cause to be as a result of pre-planted explosive charges. The charges served to detonate a nano-thermite paint coating which had been applied to the steel columns and girders accessed through elevator shafts and mechanical areas under the guise of fire-retardent replacement. By this method tons of explosives were delivered and installed in plain view at a high security facility without risk of discovery.
@@oneskyscraper208 The Association of Fire Commissioners for the State of NY declared the destruction could only have been a result of "pre-planted explosives".
The cutting charges detonated the nano-thermite paint coating which had been applied to the columns and girders accessed through elevator shafts and mechanical areas under the guise of "Fire Retardant" remediation. By this means tons of explosives were covertly installed in a high security facility.
You can ALL thank Local 721. Makes me proud to be an Ironworkers son.
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My uncle john brokered the land deal, he worked at CN.
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Canada’s last moment of real national pride
You don't think there was any national pride during the Calgary Olympics or during the Vancouver Expo or during the Vancouver Olympics in which Canadian athletes were extremely successful or when the Blue Jays won two championships or when the Raptors won a championship or when Canadian men's and women's hockey teams won big championships?
I think that you're wrong.
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Back when there was no traffic on Gardiner
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Thanks for posting this! Today I’m sure constructing this would take three times as long!
Yes, indeed. It's incredible how long some projects take to complete. Thank you for watching!
Not if it were made of block ..They push the masons these days as if the world is going to end tommorow
Now when I see the news.. its all about "specific" people poop into sand in Wasaga Beach or the same people running over police car with Bronco ... :( sad
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FYI. The title of this video is “To the Top”. Made by the National Film Board of Canada.
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I wish Canadians would return like these guys. Bring it home.
Make Canada great again!!!
Canada is cooked. Especially Toronto and the GTA. I don't even like going to Toronto for anything anymore. Even in my lifetime I've it degrade and become more of a mess.
I think the mayor of Totonto... not good at all?
Geezus. H. Chrysler the music of the ending from Dawn of the Dead! 1978 Outstanding
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Oh look no traffic on the gardiner expressway, I should have say gardiner parking lot 😂😂
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Wonderful video. Thanks for everything. ☺
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What a great documentary...with really groovy music, too! 😄
Interesting music. Thanks for watching!
I had a friend years ago, who was one of the iron workers at the very top. He had original photos his coworker took of the helicopter bringing in the tower.
Hard Buggers back then! My Uncle was a welder on it. Tom Watson,
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Built in a year.
Back when Canadians could get things done!
My parents were in their early twenty's my older brother born in 83 me and my twin in 86...they're disgusted how the country became. This old country I wish would return
Back when Canada was still Canadian, not anymore
Nowadays it would have taken three or more times to build it. A simple repair on a street corner can take weeks. It's as if Canada is now full of bureaucrats and few motivated workers. I hope that changes soon... Thank you for watching!
Look at that endomorph Doug Ford recently announcing that Whitby will get a hospital built in TEN YEARS! Our society is circling the drain.
Look at the bonehead we have as premier today. He announced recently that Whitby would be getting a hospital built in TEN years. Our society is circling the bowl.
Years ago, I owned a store at Ossington and Dundas. One of my customer was the wife of one of the construction workers who worked on the CN tower. His best friend was the first person to parachute off the top. I remember her bringing in many pictures of the two of them work on the tower.
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Thanks for the upload!!
Very dramatic music in the intro. Then 70's detective music "where commuter trains don't run"
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Respect to Canadian engineers of that time! They done great work !
Yes. Well done!
Three guys up top were my upstairs neighbors, crazy buggers 😅
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Ah when Canada was truly Canada and the west knew that were the best and tried to keep it that way.
Then Marxists cane in and destroyed it
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@@oneskyscraper208 thank you for the happy nostalgic memories that came with this wonderful video.
a time i wish i could have experienced, felt some pride in my chest, just to remember i was born after the world and a cananda already sunk itself
Back when Canada was actually Canadian
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Indian population in 1975 was .01%
And that’s both dot and feather…😏
@@lucasglowacki4683feathered Indians were original to KKK Canadas land. Plz don’t forget it
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@@lucasglowacki4683 small minded much
Interesting video. Thanks for sharing.
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This was a big deal when the tower was finished. There was a time when the CN Tower had an annual event where people would climb the internal stairs to the top to raise money for charity.
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I worked for CN in Toronto and did the stair climb a few times.
“.... built with slide-rule precision...”
oh boy!
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amazin documeatry thank you to all the workers on this project :)
Thank you for posting such an awesome video. You got to love the old stuff. Too bad there's so much negativity in the comment section. People saying how Canada or Toronto has changed blah blah. Thanks internet for creating a super breed of miserable complainers.
There were guys who were fat when they first started at the CN Tower. When the job was done they were thin.
Very physical work, and I guess it wasn't always safe... Thank you for watching!
Indy and CART racer Paul Tracy's father was in charge of painting the tower. I know this as I was his sister's boss at a unisex clothing store in East York, Toronto back in 1974 and 1975.
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My Nonno helped build the foundation and I’m following in his footsteps!
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i watched this grow after school in the 70s
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Amazing to watch and I loved the music! What an achievement!
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It would be interesting to see an interview with the Guys that attached the final sections.
You have no idea of just how much of an understatement your comment is.
The Lead Ironworker who directed 'Olga' in with the final section was a friend of mine.
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My dad used to take us to see them add the top sections when we were kids
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great job👍👍
Yes indeed!
This commentary reminds me of school on a reel projector
Everything! The commentary, the video, the music, the audio levels.
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Back when we didn’t let every single international person come into the country
Goodbye Trudeau!
Back when Toronto was the city of parking lots. Wild how barren downtown looked
Yes those were the days. I was working for the CN hauling Containers and delivered two pieces of the antenna right to
the base of the tower and sat there walked where allowed to while being unloaded. CN gave employs free passed to go
up the tower after it was finished but I never did use mine and have never been in the tower.
You should go!
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I remember we had just come to Toronto Canada migrated in 1975. And we saw the helicopter.
I know an electrician who was an apprentice when the CN tower was being constructed, the story goes like this, his job at first was to take coffee orders first thing in morning , then pack them up in a cooler to keep them warm for the guys , then walk up the stairs and back down, EVERYDAY, some apprenticeship 😂
Real workers in that video. Now? This would take way longer.
Much, much longer. Thank you for sharing!
Awesome 👍
i wonder how much those guys were making a year, that is serious dangerous work....
This was also the era when Canada moved away from its Christian roots and formation, and opened the door to its inevitable downfall we are now witnessing. Enacting iniquitious laws with no morals or ethics,a return to paganism.
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Great stuff 👍
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Remember Chuck The Security Guard back in the late 70's.😊
Yup. That brings back some memories.
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I grew up in the GTA and remember watching it get taller and taller as a little boy in the 70s. Now that I'm an old coot and know a little about the engineering that keeps it standing 50 years later, it is still among the most audacious and impressive feats of engineering to date. Would you believe that the foundation it stands on sits on the bedrock and is only 22' thick???? And boy, did video editing and 'music' selection suck back then lol.
When Toronto was great.
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Watching this reminds me how much of a great city Toronto used to be. Now, it's an ugly concrete glass jungle.
With different people too...
I remember the construction including the the Sikorski helicopter lifting everything.
Amazing to see
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Urban legend has it the crane operator was an avid skydiver in his spare time. And on his final day or work, after completing the job, he simply walked to the end of the boom and jumped off, eschewing the construction hoist. He parasailed down to earth, and was promptly fired.
I believe his name is/was Bill Hill.
Since there a few have skydived from the 1100 ft. Lendl and at least two climbed up from the outside. Reading these comments clearly demonstrates how many people have attachments to the CN Tower
@@gregorymckenna6609 That's more myth. No one has except Dar Robinson and one clown who tried to climb it with his buddy.
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@@user-zr6pl6nb6znope. Yes, Dar Robinson did skydive but two others did it for the PanAm games. At least two people scaled the outside together. They were intercepted before going behind the microwave transmitter. I was there and photographed the whole thing and I was in the room at the base of the CN tower after they were arrested. I seem to think there was at least one more person who tried to scale it.
Was I supposed to pop acid before the show for the optimal experience, or at least get blazed?
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