Victory Soya Mills Silos are abandoned soybean storage silos in

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, Ontario, Canada. The silos are located at the east end of

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, part of a soybean processing facility that operated from 1944 until 1991. The silos are of two remaining silos from Toronto's industrial port era.

History

The silos were built for

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' soya processing plant in 1944. The silos were used to store the

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s reprocessed for a variety of purposes (pet food, animal feed, vegetable oils, etc...). In 1954 the mills were sold to

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and named Victory Soya Mills. It was purchased by Central Soy Incorporated in 1980 and renamed Central Soya Mills in the 1980s. The plant ceased operating in 1991. Sorting silos along the east side Parliament Slip, the tall headhouse tower, and other structures were demolished in 1998, leaving the remaining silos in place. At one time, it was the property of Home Depot for a planned box store, but it has remained vacant other than the silos. It was once used illegally as a "tent city" by Toronto's homeless population. Although a heritage site, there are no plans to renovate or reuse the building. The buildings are located in the planned Keating Channel Precinct residential neighbourhoodhttp://www.waterfrontoronto.ca/explore_projects2/lower_don_lands/keating_channel_neighbourhood as well as the planned

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development which will occupy the site next to the silos.

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Regeneration: Toronto's Waterfront and the Sustainable City, Final Report, 1992
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