photographs of people, places, events and activities near the Distillery District
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Great War: British Acetones at G&W (1916-1918)
Toronto Waterfront Viaduct Photographs (1926-1929)
Photographs by Larry Turner, 1986-1988
Looking East along the Esplanade,
June 1894, by F W Micklethwaite, CTA 376-1-66
Edwardian workforce outside Malt House (Building 35) ca. 1902, photographer unknown, HWA
Looking north up Trinity Street from Mill Street,
ca. 1907, TPL 30223
Newly painted Molasses Tank near Parliament Street,
ca 1915, by Galbraith, DHD
Great War: British Acetones at G&W (1916-1918)
During the First World War, Gooderham & Worts shareholders placed the distillery plant at the disposal of the British Government. British Acetones Toronto Ltd. was formed early in 1916 to manufacture acetone, an essential ingredient in the production of munitions. At the end of the war, an excellent but still unidentified photographer documented the exterior and interior of the plant, as well as the employees, equipment, and processes that had contributed to the war effort.
Victory Loan Parade float, Trinity Street. Nov. 11, 1918, CTA 1583-161
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Aerial view of eastern waterfront,
November 17, 1926 by Fairchild Aerial Surveys Company of Canada
AO 10028199
Toronto Waterfront Viaduct Photographs (1926-1929)
Between 1925 and 1934, the City of Toronto built an 18-foot high viaduct along the waterfront to carry railway tracks to the new Union Station. The City’s official photographer, Arthur Goss, shot over 600 photographs to document the building of the viaduct. A selection of these photographs also documented Gooderham & Worts distillery at a time when the shoreline was extended southward and the distillery became landlocked.
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Long-time employees, Trinity Street,
1937, DHD
Aerial photograph of the site
1937, (from Industrial Alcohol, Gooderham & Worts)
Operating Floor of the Continuous Still
1937, Alcohol in Industry, published by Gooderham &Worts
Pete Nicholson (left), Clifford Hatch (centre), J. Wilton (right)
Presentation of 25-year clock, Cooper’s Room, Building 32
1980 Courtesy of Pete Nicholson
Photographs by Larry Turner, 1986-1988
Photographer Larry Turner was hired by Hiram Walker – Gooderham & Worts in the 1980s to document the G&W distillery site in Toronto. Here is a selection from his extremely rare colour interiors and his black and white exteriors.
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View from CN Tower looking east
May 1988 DHD7
View from CN Tower: detail of Gooderham & Worts
May 1988 DHD
Employees gather in front of Rack House I
with the last barrels shipped from Gooderham & Worts
June 1990, Jim White, Photographer is unknown
After Cityscape purchased the Distillery District site in December 2001, photographer Thane Lucas was hired to document the transformation of Victorian industrial buildings into modern buildings that respect the built-heritage while accommodating new uses.
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