New Toronto , Ontario — Central Canada (North America)
New Toronto Filtration Plant/Lakeshore Pumping Station
Photographed by Tim Boyd, September 7, 2026
1. New Toronto Filtration Plant/Lakeshore Pumping Station Marker
In 1913, the New Toronto Village Council decided to build a filtration plant to improve the community's health and promote growth. When the plant opened in 1915 it was only the second such facility in the Toronto area. Major employers like Goodyear Tire & Rubber, DuPont Fabrikoid, and Brown's Copper & Brass Rolling Mills located nearby, and New Toronto's population multiplied more than 10 times between 1911 and 1931.
The plant was expanded frequently to meet the rising demands of New Toronto, Mimico, and Long Branch. When the R.L. Clark Filtration Plant opened in 1968, the remodelled New Toronto facility became the Lakeshore Pumping Station, It supplied raw water to Goodyear and the Humber Treatment Plant until 1992, The Lakeshore Pumping Station was removed in 2000.
The gate and check valves (used for the Goodyear supply) and centrifugal pump forming part of this monument date from about 1920.
Erected 2002 by City of Toronto.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1915.
Location. 43° 35.702′ N,
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Regionally, this marker is in Greater Toronto and on the Golden Horseshoe. It is also in Central Canada. Globally, it is in North America, on the Great Lakes, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony, the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, and Ruperts Land.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Bell Telephone Company Building (approx. one kilometer away); Long Branch Race Track (approx. 2.3 kilometers away); The OConnor-Lafferty House (approx. 2.5 kilometers away); Lakeshore Asylum Cemetery c.1890-1979 / Cimetiθre de l'asile du boulevard Lakeshore Vers 1890 a 1979 (approx. 2.8 kilometers
Photographed by Tim Boyd, September 7, 2026
2. New Toronto Filtration Plant/Lakeshore Pumping Station Marker
In Cliff Lumsdun Park, facing west
Credits. This page was last revised on September 11, 2026. It was originally submitted on September 10, 2026, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. This page has been viewed 6 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 10, 2026, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
