The Redpath Sugar Museum

“Bricking-in” the Main Process Building of the...

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:56:46 -0400

“Bricking-in” the Main Process Building of the Redpath Sugar Refinery in Toronto. The cubic girderwork immediately to the left is for the Packaging building, that to the right is for the Powerhouse, and the V-shaped girderwork is for the Raw Sugar Shed
(1958).
(Redpath Sugar Museum Collection)

The Main Process Building and Filterhouse Wing (right) as seen...

Tue, 31 May 2011 11:42:21 -0400

The Main Process Building and Filterhouse Wing (right) as seen from lakeside (south) during construction of the Redpath Sugar Refinery in Toronto (1958).
(Redpath Sugar Museum Collection)

The huge volume of the Raw Sugar Shed can be guaged from this...

Wed, 25 May 2011 14:33:54 -0400

The huge volume of the Raw Sugar Shed can be guaged from this picture, taken during construction of the Redpath Sugar Refinery in Toronto in1958. When completed it will have a floor the size of two football fields and will be capable of holding up to 65,000 tonnes of raw sugar.
(Redpath Sugar Museum Collection)

Looking across the Jarvis Street Slip to the construction of the...

Wed, 18 May 2011 10:09:25 -0400

Looking across the Jarvis Street Slip to the construction of the Raw Sugar Shed of the Redpath Sugar Refinery in Toronto (1958).
(Redpath Sugar Museum Collection)

Constructing the girderwork of the V-shaped roof of the Raw...

Wed, 11 May 2011 14:23:39 -0400

Constructing the girderwork of the V-shaped roof of the Raw Sugar Shed and its associated dockside crane. Note the “bricking-in” of the Main Process building (in the background) at the Redpath Sugar Refinery, Toronto (1958).
(Redpath Sugar Museum Collection)

Erecting the steelwork on the Main Process building and...

Tue, 10 May 2011 15:01:18 -0400

Erecting the steelwork on the Main Process building and Filterhouse wing of the Redpath Sugar Refinery in Toronto (1958). Note that a vacuum (sugar boiling) pan has already been installed at the top floor level of the main building.
(Redpath Sugar Museum Collection)

Toronto Construction. The steel girders of the Main Process...

Mon, 09 May 2011 10:10:07 -0400

Toronto Construction. The steel girders of the Main Process building create a latticework of support for the machinery that will be installed at the Redpath Sugar Refinery in Toronto (1958). (Redpath Sugar Museum Collection)

Constructing the reinforced floor of the of Raw Sugar Shed of...

Mon, 02 May 2011 11:55:00 -0400

Constructing the reinforced floor of the of Raw Sugar Shed of the Redpath Sugar Refinery in Toronto, 1958. (Redpath Sugar Museum Collection)

A “field” of pilings sets the foundation support for...

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:31:11 -0400

A “field” of pilings sets the foundation support for construction of the Redpath Sugar Refinery in Toronto (1957) .(Redpath Sugar Museum Collection)

A steam-driven piledriver pounds in a piling for the creation...

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:29:48 -0400

A steam-driven piledriver pounds in a piling for the creation of foundations for the Redpath Sugar Refinery in Toronto (1957).
(Redpath Sugar Museum Collection)

Commencement of the construction of the Redpath Toronto Refinery...

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:24:58 -0400

Commencement of the construction of the Redpath Toronto Refinery begins in 1957 with the sinking of pilings through the soft landfill to the bedrock, some 40 feet below.
(Redpath Sugar Museum Collection)

A view from an office tower in downtown Toronto in 1950. Showing...

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:24:01 -0400

A view from an office tower in downtown Toronto in 1950. Showing the waterfrontr area, the distribution warehouse for Redpath can be seen in the large empty property in the centre at the water’s edge.
(Redpath Sugar Museum Collection)

The skyline of Toronto in 1950. The right-half of the central...

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:22:00 -0400

The skyline of Toronto in 1950. The right-half of the central blank property on the waterfront is the 10.5 acres purchased for the development of the Redpath Toronto refinery. Note that the waterfront landfill creation has not yet been completed on the right (east) of the Jarvis Street slip.
(Redpath Sugar Museum Collection)

Aerial view of Redpath Sugar’s Montreal Refinery in...

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:20:00 -0400

Aerial view of Redpath Sugar’s Montreal Refinery in 1965, showing the City of Montreal and Mount Royal in the background (Redpath Sugar Museum Collection)

Aerial view of Redpath Sugar ‘s Montreal Refinery in...

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 10:43:59 -0400

Aerial view of Redpath Sugar ‘s Montreal Refinery in 1953, showing the Lachine Canal and part of Point St. Charles. (Redpath Sugar Museum Collection)

Waterside (Lachine Canal) view of the original refinery building...

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 10:41:59 -0400

Waterside (Lachine Canal) view of the original refinery building and filter house at the Redpath Sugar refinery in Montreal in 1897. The picture was taken by Francis Redpath (son of the company founder John Redpath).
(Redpath Sugar Museum Collection)

Waterside (Priest’s Basin) view of the original refinery...

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 10:14:05 -0400

Waterside (Priest’s Basin) view of the original refinery building for the first sugar refinery in Canada. Established by John Redpath in 1854 under the corporate name of the John Redpath Canada Sugar Refinery. (Redpath Sugar Museum Collection)

One of a series of adverts released in 1915 to promote the new...

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 10:11:00 -0400

One of a series of adverts released in 1915 to promote the new ready-packaged line of sugar products in the “Redpath” brand. This was the first time consumers could buy sugar in individual sealed units, rather than as loose in-bulk from a barrel or sack.
(Redpath Sugar Museum Collection)

One of a series of adverts released in 1915 to promote the new...

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 10:06:00 -0400