15 years ago
Kodak (Eastman Kodak)
Toronto, Ontario
Toronto, Ontario
Toronto, Ontario
Toronto, Ontario
Toronto, Ontario
Toronto, Ontario
Recent status | Abandoned |
Location # | 10185 |
This site contains an abandoned building, a well and a fireplace or kiln. Along side of the building is a stack of roofing tiles which appear to be colour samples. The roof of the building has caved in but the back area is still open and intact. The building is not on the 1947 aerial photograph in the Toronto Archives but is present on the 1953 photograph.
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I was totally wrong in my previous comment. I used a new aerial search tool and saw that this marsh factory does INDEED exist, albeit the location marker shows that its in the wrong spot, its not east of the road. I visited the site earlier in the month and I was at a loss for words, seeing it was like taking a step back in history. It was more dilapidated than shown here, but still standing. The well and fireplace were also intact. I'm very glad I was able to see this structure with my own eyes, you would be very hard pressed to find a similar site like this in the entire city. Kudos to the original poster for uploading this, such an interesting hidden gem.
would you be able to give either coordinates or a rough description of where it is then, if the current location is wrong? I'm able to change the GPS on this page, and I'm willing to do so.
Essentially it's a short distance behind the house at the end of the street on the western side, nestled in the wooded area by the road to the Humber boat launch.
Went to this site the other day to see if it was there or not. Ventured down in the valley and in an area closer to the hill there's a lot of old bricks among the leaves. One fractured piece in particular was curved, may have been part of the well that's pictured. It's likely this site collapsed one way or another and much of the remnants are strewn along the bottom and are half buried in the forest floor. Would have definitely been cool to see when it was intact, but I'm 99% sure it's gone.
Correct me if i'm wrong but i couldn't find this anywhere. Walked all along the river and couldn't find anything. There is a house with similar bricks right at the end of the road but i don't think that's it. Could have collapsed and decomposed
10 months ago
House is pretty much entirely collapsed and halfway in the ground now, still pretty cool to check out.