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 of foundations for the Redpath Sugar Refinery in Toronto (1957). (Redpath Sugar Museum Collection)
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 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 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)
