1989 | Chinese Railroad Workers Memorial

Toronto

1989 | Chinese Railroad Workers Memorial 2018-02-02T23:36:58+00:00

Project Description

Exhibition Foreign Pasts, Section III

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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