A crew working on the railway diamond crossings, West Toronto, 1924. Image: City of Toronto Archives
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Resource ID
6439
Access
Open
Credit Line
City of Toronto Archives
Date of Creation
1924
Keywords
urban planning, Railway, Labour History, transportation, railroad, trains, C.P.R., Canadian Pacific Railway, Grand Trunk Railway, Canadian National Railway, urban building, tracks
Program Category
Historical Plaques
Rights
Public Domain
Caption
A crew working on the railway diamond crossings, West Toronto, 1924. Image: City of Toronto Archives
Description
For more than a century, the railway junction in the Davenport/Weston Road area was one of the busiest industrial crossroads in Toronto. At its peak, three Canadian Pacific and two Canadian National railway lines intersected here, creating the West Toronto diamond crossings.
In 1853, the Ontario, Simcoe & Huron Railway was first to lay track through this area. Between 1856 and 1883, other railways followed, including the Grand Trunk; Toronto, Grey & Bruce; Credit Valley; and Ontario and Quebec Railways. Today, a Heritage Toronto plaque sits at this location, which is at the northernmost point on the West Junction Railpath, commemorating the creation of the Diamond Crossing.