Welcome to Don Valley Brick Works! Start your adventurous journey now!
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| Original Open-pit mine (http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl) | | |
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Brief Introduction:
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Don Valley Brickwork is a former open-pit-mining site located in the Don River Valley in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was first established by the Taylor Brothers in 1889. The brothers created the brick works because the city at that time needed a large amount of bricks to build extravagant houses, especially after a big fire in Toronto in 1904. Many of the significant landmarks in Toronto were made of the bricks from the Don Valley Brick Works, such as
Casa Loma and
Massey Hall. Now, the brick works have been long abandoned and reclaimed by the
evergreen environment organization. The site has been reclaimed to a small garden with animals such as frogs and fish now. It is a beautiful site to visit in the spring.
Video from Youtube(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLzgr_JcFcA&feature=channel)  |
| North side after reclamation(picture taken by BC) |
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| The west side reclamation(Picture taken by BC) |
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| picture of the west side (By BC) |
