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The Redpath Sugar Refinery is a sugar storage, refining and museum complex in Redpath Sugar Refinery and Museum
''Emporis.com''. The site is located east of
Redpath Sugar Refinery and Museum
– Emporis.com
Redpath Sugar Museum – contact
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Redpath Sugar Museum
– Ontario Museum Association {{Toronto landmarks Museums in Toronto Industrial buildings completed in 1958 Museums established in 1979 Food museums in Canada Industry museums in Canada Redpath family Sugar refineries 1958 establishments in Ontario Sugar museums
The Redpath Sugar Refinery is a sugar storage, refining and museum complex in Toronto
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, Ontario
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, Canada.''Emporis.com''. The site is located east of
Downtown Toronto
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, the intersection of Queens Quay and Jarvis Street.
Buildings
The complex, opened in 1958, houses the storage and refining plant of Toronto-based Redpath Sugar. The complex consists of Building 1 (8 floors), a chimney stack, and Building 2 (5 floors) houses the sugar museum. The sugar processed at the plant originates in the Caribbean andBrazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
, and is delivered by ships using the Saint Lawrence Seaway
The St. Lawrence Seaway (french: la Voie Maritime du Saint-Laurent) is a system of locks, canals, and channels in Canada and the United States that permits oceangoing vessels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes of North Ameri ...
. Due to the limited shipping season, sugar cane
Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of (often hybrid) tall, perennial grass (in the genus '' Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with stout, jointed, fibrous stal ...
is stockpiled each fall in facilities next to the processing plant.
In 2006, the red illuminated "Redpath Sugar" sign that adorned the north side of the building was taken down and replaced with a sign (since removed) for Tate & Lyle
Tate & Lyle PLC is a British-headquartered, global supplier of food and beverage ingredients to industrial markets. It was originally a sugar refining business, but from the 1970s it began to diversify, eventually divesting its sugar business i ...
, the owner at that time (Redpath is now owned by American Sugar Refining
American Sugar Refining, Inc. is a large privately held cane sugar refining company, with a production capacity of 6.5 million tons of sugar. The company produces a full line of consumer, industrial, food service, and specialty sweetener produ ...
). The Redpath signage on the west side of the building is still intact. The north-facing wall of the Raw Sugar Shed features a whale mural by artist Wyland.
Redpath Sugar Museum
Since 1979, Redpath has operated the Redpath Sugar Museum in the building, with exhibits about the refining of sugar and making of sugar products. The museum is affiliated with theCanadian Museums Association
The Canadian Museums Association (CMA; french: Association des musées canadiens, ''ACM''), is a national non-profit organization for the promotion of museums in Canada. It represents Canadian museum professionals both within Canada and internat ...
, Canadian Heritage Information Network
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, and Virtual Museum of Canada
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Administered by the Canadian Museum of History (CMH) ...
.
See also
* Harbourfront – neighbourhood in Toronto * Peter Redpath * Redpath Museum * Sugar Beach *Toronto Harbour
Toronto Harbour or Toronto Bay is a bay on the north shore of Lake Ontario, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is a natural harbour, protected from Lake Ontario waves by the Toronto Islands. Today, the harbour is used primarily for recreational b ...
References
External links
*Redpath Sugar Refinery and Museum
– Emporis.com
Redpath Sugar Museum – contact
*
Redpath Sugar Museum
– Ontario Museum Association {{Toronto landmarks Museums in Toronto Industrial buildings completed in 1958 Museums established in 1979 Food museums in Canada Industry museums in Canada Redpath family Sugar refineries 1958 establishments in Ontario Sugar museums