Another job you wouldn't want to do; servicing streetcar wires

Norman R. Ball, Mind, Heart and Soul Professional Engineering in Canada 1887-1987, National Museum of Science and Technology, 1987

In 1921 The Toronto Transit Commision took over the private Toronto Railway company and set about modernizing the system, Here a work crew rebuilds the intersection at Queen and Church Streets. By the passing streetcar I would guess the power is still on, Sure, the truck has rubber tires, but not a lot of workplace safety in evidence.