Learning about the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, June 27, 2019. Image by Stefanie Kennell.
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Resource ID
7112
Access
Open
Credit Line
Image by Stefanie Kennell
Date of Creation
28 June 2019
Description
Members of the public stop to read the plaque on the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, located 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
leisure, union, streetscape
Program Category
Historical Plaques
Rights
Stefanie Kennell
Caption
Learning about the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, June 27, 2019. Image by Stefanie Kennell.
Marker lat / long: 43.641708, -79.386406 (WGS84)
