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Rc Harris Filtration Plant
Commanding heavenly views of the lakefront on a priceless slab of real estate, the elegantly proportioned RC Harris Filtration Plant is a modern art-deco masterpiece that has appeared in countless movies and TV shows, as well as in Michael Ondaatje's In The Skin Of A Lion . Originally residents disparagingly dubbed it the 'Palace of Purification,' due to hefty construction costs during The Depression. It's currently closed to the public, but hardcore Ondaatje fans should call to see if tours are back on the agenda.
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Redpath Sugar Museum
The working Redpath sugar refinery, a descendant of Canada's oldest refinery which opened in Montréal in 1854, wafts delicious sugary smells along Queens Quay E. Inside, a small museum tackles a variety of topics related to the social development and modern refining of sugar, with biographic information on founder John Redpath.
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Todmorden Mills
Quietly set by the Don River, this unique industrial relic housed a late 18th-century gristmill turned sawmill, then brewery and distillery, then paper mill. Historical exhibits loiter inside the Brewery Gallery, where eager guides show visitors around old millers' houses and the petite Don train station, relocated here in the 1960s.
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