Project Description
ARTWORK INFORMATION
Title/Year | Chinese Railroad Workers Memorial/1989 |
Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) | Eldon Garnet (artist commissioned to built and design the Memorial) Francis LeBouthillier (sculptor of the bronze figures) |
Object Type/Medium | Wooden rail trestle; bronze statues; stone |
Subject | Chinese workers who built Canada’s Pacific Railway (1880-1885) |
Venue | Blue Jays Way and Navy Wharf Court |
Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor | Public commission/ City of Toronto & Foundation to Commemorate the Chinese Railroad Workers in Canada |
Ethno-cultural Community | Chinese community |
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