One of Toronto’s more notable industrial locations, the Canada Foundry is designated as heritage land, is known to most people as Davenport Works and General Electric. Since 1923 it has been known as the Davenport Works as a large 60 acre industrial complex, it dates back to 1903 when it was known as the Canada Foundry with several warehouses, a powerhouse and an office building bordered by the Canadian Pacific Railway’s North Toronto line. Dupont Street, as well as sections of Lansdowne were predominately industrial, however none of the industrial spaces exist in their entirety today as most of the buildings have either been demolished or converted into ‘faux’ lofts. Originally featured on NTROPY.
