Redpath Sugar Refinery
{{Short description|Sugar storage, refining and museum complex in Toronto, Ontario, Canada}}
{{Infobox building
|name= Redpath Sugar Refinery
|image= RedpathSugarRefinery2.jpg
|address= Queens Quay at Jarvis Street
|location= Toronto, Ontario, Canada
|building_type= Sugar refinery
|completion_date= 1958
|website=
}}
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The Redpath Sugar Refinery is a sugar storage, refining and museum complex in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20190702190211/https://www.emporis.com/complex/112129/redpath-sugar-refinery-and-museum-toronto-canada Redpath Sugar Refinery and Museum]}}, 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 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 the Canadian Museums Association, Canadian Heritage Information Network, and Virtual Museum of Canada.{{cite news | title= Sugar mill tells a sweet success story| newspaper=Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York) |via=newspaper.com| date=June 4, 1995 | url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/136128763/?terms=Redpath%20Sugar%20Refinery&match=1 | access-date=September 1, 2021}}
See also
- Harbourfront – neighbourhood in Toronto
- Peter Redpath
- Redpath Museum
- Sugar Beach
- Toronto Harbour
References
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External links
- {{Commonscat-inline|Redpath Sugar refinery}}
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20190702190211/https://www.emporis.com/complex/112129/redpath-sugar-refinery-and-museum-toronto-canada Redpath Sugar Refinery and Museum]}} – Emporis.com
- [https://www.redpathsugar.com/contact/museum Redpath Sugar Museum – contact]
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119180233/http://www.redpathsugars.com/museum_index.htm |date=January 19, 2008 |title=Redpath Sugar Museum}}
- [http://www.museumsontario.ca/museum/Redpath-Sugar-Museum Redpath Sugar Museum] – Ontario Museum Association
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Category:Industrial buildings completed in 1958
Category:Museums established in 1979
Category:Food museums in Canada
Category:Industry museums in Canada