🌾 Canada Malting Silos

Canada Malting Silos is one of two remaining silos in Toronto's harbourfront in Ontario, Canada. Located at the foot of Bathurst Street at Bathurst Quay, the silos were built in 1928 to store malt for the Canada Malting Company. It was an important work of industrial architecture, as grain elevators had long been built out of wood, and thus were at great danger of fire. The concrete malting towers were an innovation, and the stark functionalism of the prominent building was an early influence on modernist architecture. A round office was added in 1944 and glass office was built in the original construction in 1928. The main silos, 15 in all, are 120 feet high and additional storage bins built in 1944 are 150 feet high.