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 project was massive, involving the construction of four new bridges and nine new underpasses (then known as “subways”), as well as the embankment itself. Two of these underpasses flanked the distillery, one at Parliament and the other at Cherry Street. The City’s official photographer, Arthur Goss, shot over 600 photographs to document the building of the viaduct. Photographs from this extraordinary series provide the best views of Gooderham & Worts during the 1920s, an especially significant period when the shoreline was extended southward, the great grain elevator was removed, two final buildings were constructed, and the distillery became permanently landlocked.
The full set of photographs is at the City of Toronto Archives, Series 372, Subseries 79.
G&W grain elevator
Arthur Goss, September 2, 1926
CTA 372-79-85
Looking south from Parliament Street
Arthur Goss, November 25, 1926
CTA 372-79-154
Looking north along Cherry Street
Arthur Goss, December 30, 1926
CTA 372-79-168
Filling trestle west of Eastern Avenue
Arthur Goss, January 5, 1927
CTA 372-79-179
Bonded warehouse
Arthur Goss, April 6, 1927
CTA 372-79-192
Trestle east of Parliament Street
Arthur Goss, April 28, 1927
CTA 372-79-209
Parliament Street subway
Arthur Goss, May 17, 1927
CTA 372-79-220
Trestle track at Trinity Street
Arthur Goss, May 17, 1927
CTA 372-79-221
Trestle looking east from Cherry Street
Arthur Goss, May 17, 1927
CTA 372-79-222
Trestle looking west from Cherry Street
Arthur Goss, June 2, 1927
CTA 372-79-226
Parliament Street subway
Arthur Goss, June 29, 1927
CTA 372-79-250
Fill east from Parliament Street
Arthur Goss, June 29, 1927
CTA 372-79-251
Fill east from Parliament Street
Arthur Goss, September 17, 1927
CTA 372-79-275
West from Cherry Street
Arthur Goss, September 28, 1928
CTA 372-79-351
Cherry looking West
Arthur Goss, November 9, 1928
CTA 372-79-362
Cherry Street steel
Arthur Goss, May 31, 1929
CTA 372-79-429
