Tornado damage on Main Street in Brighton, Ontario, Canada in 1973.
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- A residence on Main Street is missing its front porch and the St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church lost its steeple in the tornado.
In the early evening of Friday July 13, 1973 a tornado touched down in Brighton, Ontario.
Witnesses and meteorological data indicate the twister was on the ground for approximately 32 seconds.
The result was the destruction of more than 100 century-old trees that had graced both sides of Main Street, damage to homes, businesses, churches, the former Brighton Town Hall, and vehicles.
Fortunately, injuries were minor.
Within minutes, the community rallied, and within days, most of the debris cleared and repairs well under way.
This collection is part of the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the tornado.
We thank the donors for their images, and welcome additional resources. - Date of Original
- 13 July 1973
- Date Of Event
- July 1973
- Subject(s)
- Corporate Name(s)
- St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
- Local identifier
- 000497
- Collection
- 1973 Brighton Ontario tornado
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Downtown Brighton, Ontario, Canada:
Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 44.0418732070309 Longitude: -77.7395706243896
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Downtown Brighton, Ontario, Canada:
- Donor
- Susan Brose sbrose95@outlook.com
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Terms of Use
- Please contact the Brighton Digital Archives.
- Contact
- Brighton Digital ArchivesEmail:brightondigitalarchives@gmail.com
Agency street/mail address:Brighton Public Library
35 Alice Street
P.O. Box 129
Brighton, ON K0K 1H0
