The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, commemorative plaque, June 27, 2019. Image by Stefanie Kennell.
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Resource details
Resource ID
7110
Access
Open
Credit Line
Image by Stefanie Kennell
Date of Creation
28 June 2019
Description
The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, in situ on Bremner Blvd in Roundhouse Park.
From the 1880s to the 1990s, this site was the Toronto Locomotive and Car Facilities of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). Here, sleeping car porters prepared passenger cars for overnight journeys across Canada.
Keywords
union, streetscape
Program Category
Historical Plaques
Rights
Stefanie Kennell
Caption
The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, commemorative plaque, June 27, 2019. Image by Stefanie Kennell.
Consent management
License management
Location Data
Marker lat / long: 43.641844, -79.386956 (WGS84)
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