Redpath Building Toronto
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The Redpath Building houses the storage and refining plant for Montreal-based Redpath Sugar. The facility is located on the Toronto waterfront and is situated just east of downtown Toronto on Queen's Quay.
The sugar processed at the plant originates in the Caribbean, and is delivered and stockpiled by ships using the St. Lawrence Seaway. Due to the limited shipping season, sugar cane is stockpiled each fall in facilities next to the processing plant.
The complex consists of Building 1 (8 floors), a chimneystack and Building 2 (5 floors) houses the sugar museum.
In 2006 the famous illuminated red "Redpath Sugar" sign that adorned the north side of the building was removed and replaced with a new "Tate & Lyle" sign (the current owners). The signage on the West side of the building is still intact.
