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Redpath Family
Redpath may refer to: Businesses * Redpath Motor Vehicle Company, a former Canadian automaker * Redpath Sugar, a Canadian sugar refining company People * Redpath (surname), a list of people with the surname Redpath Places * Redpath, Scottish Borders, a village in the Scottish Borders, Scotland * Redpath Hall, McGill University's first library building * Redpath Museum, a museum at McGill University * Redpath Sugar Refinery, Toronto, Canada * Redpath Township, Traverse County, Minnesota, United States {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redpath Motor Vehicle Company
The Redpath Motor Vehicle Company was a small automobile manufacturer in Ontario, Canada in the early 20th century. It was located in Kitchener from 1893 – 1902 by Walter Redpath of Keene ON in a partnership with Andrew Reid of Toronto ON. The Redpath Messenger had a wooden carriage body using a one-cylinder engine with shaft drive and two speed manual transmission. It was the first vehicle in automotive history with a tilt steering wheel. It weighed approx and sold for between $600 and $700. Top speed of . There is one 1903 model known to exist on display at Canadian Automotive Museum The Canadian Automotive Museum is an List of automobile museums, automobile museum located in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. The museum features many Canadian-made cars as the automobile industry, specifically the Canadian division of the General Motors .... References * * *{{cite web , title = Redpath Motor Vehicle Company in a Kitchener shop , url = http://m.kitchenerpos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redpath Sugar
Redpath Sugar Ltd. () is a Canadian sugar refining company that was established in 1854 and the first refining cane sugar in Montreal, Quebec. Headquartered in Toronto, Ontario (with an additional packaging plant in Belleville, Ontario), the company is a subsidiary of the multinational American Sugar Refining. History The business was founded in 1854 in Montreal, Quebec, by Scots-Quebecer entrepreneur John Redpath. Located on Saint Patrick Street on the bank of the Lachine Canal, the sugar refinery complex was the first of its kind in Canada, using sugar cane imported from the British West Indies. Its construction was part of the economic boom that, during the 19th century, turned Montreal from a small town to (then) the largest city in Canada and the country's economic engine. In 1857, John Redpath's eldest son, Peter Redpath, Peter, became a partner; his brother-in-law, George Alexander Drummond, joined the firm in 1861. Unable to compete with the giant low-cost producers in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redpath (surname)
Redpath is a surname of Scottish origin. Notable people with the surname include: * Alan Redpath (1907–1989), British evangelist, pastor and author *Anne Redpath (1895–1965), British artist * Beatrice Redpath (1886–1937), Canadian poet, short story writer *Bryan Redpath (born 1971), rugby player *Christine Redpath, ballet mistress and former soloist with New York City Ballet *Ian Redpath (1941–2024), Australian cricketer * James Redpath (1833–1891), American journalist and antislavery activist *Jean Redpath (1937–2014), singer * Jim Redpath, mining engineer *John Redpath (1796–1869), Canadian businessman * Olive Redpath, American Victorian actress *Peter Redpath Peter Redpath (August 1, 1821 – February 1, 1894) was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist, closely associated with Redpath Sugar. Biography Redpath was born in Montreal, Lower Canada, the son of a Scottish immigrant, John Redpath, ... (1821–1894), Canadian businessman * Ronald Francis Redpa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redpath, Scottish Borders
Redpath () is a small village located between the larger settlements of Earlston, to the north, and St Boswells, to the south, in the historic county of Berwickshire within the Scottish Borders. The Leader Water runs past the west end of the village. Gallery Image:Redpath - geograph.org.uk - 762945.jpg, Redpath Village Hall Image:Redpath Village - geograph.org.uk - 1528696.jpg, Redpath Village Image:A spectacular corner on the Diamond Jubilee Path at Redpath (geograph 3374625).jpg, Leader Water outside Redpath Image:Redpath Hill - geograph.org.uk - 762955.jpg, Redpath Hill See also *List of places in the Scottish Borders *List of places in Scotland This list of places in Scotland is a complete collection of lists of places in Scotland. *List of burghs in Scotland *List of census localities in Scotland *List of islands of Scotland **List of Shetland islands **List of Orkney islands **List o ... References Villages in the Scottish Borders {{Borders-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redpath Hall
Redpath Hall is a historic building at 3461 McTavish Street in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on the main campus of McGill University. It was originally the reading room of the Redpath Library, which opened in 1893 as McGill's first dedicated library building. During the first half of the 20th century, the library was extended several times to the south, and the expanded building became known as the Redpath Library Building. Subsequently, the adjacent McLennan Library Building was built between 1967 and 1969. Today, the Redpath-McLennan library complex houses thHumanities and Social Sciences Library the largest branch of the McGill University Library. Redpath Hall is now used as a venue for concerts and other events, and it is operated by the Schulich School of Music. The French Classical pipe organ was built by Hellmuth Wolff and donated in 1981. Redpath Hall is also home to a large portion of the university's portrait collection, which is managed by thMcGill Visual Arts Collection ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redpath Museum
The Redpath Museum is a museum of natural history belonging to McGill University and located on the university's campus on Sherbrooke Street West in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was built in 1882 as a gift from the sugar baron Peter Redpath. It houses collections of interest to ethnology, biology, paleontology, and mineralogy/geology. The collections were started by some of the same individuals who founded the Smithsonian and Royal Ontario Museum collections. The current director is Catherine Turgeon. Commissioned by Redpath to mark the 25th anniversary of Sir John William Dawson's appointment as Principal, the Museum was designed by A.C. Hutchison and A.D. Steele. McGill University's Redpath Museum website characterizes it as an "idiosyncratic expression of eclectic Victorian Classicism" as well as "an unusual and late example of the Greek Revival in North America." It is the oldest building built specifically to be a museum in Canada. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redpath Sugar Refinery
The Redpath Sugar Refinery is a sugar storage, refining and museum complex in Toronto, Ontario, Canada., ''Emporis.com''. The site is located east of Downtown Toronto, 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 (eight floors), a chimney stack, and Building 2 (five floors), which houses the sugar museum. The sugar processed at the plant originates in the Caribbean and Brazil, and is delivered by ships using the Saint Lawrence Seaway. Due to the limited shipping season, sugar cane 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, the owner at that time (Redpath is now owned by American Sugar Refining). The Redpath signage on the west side of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
