There is a railway bridge, just west of Caledonia Rd where the GO line to Aurora passes over St. Clair West.
On the north side of the underpass is a mural in black, white and grey tones.
The theme of the mural is “Ontario’s first railway” as this railway line has been in operation since 1853 when the Ontario, Simcoe and Huron railway was built here.
The first locomotive built in Canada was a steam powered engine built by the Toronto Locomotive Works, a company founded by James Good. Named “Toronto”, it was finished in April 1853 and in mid-May 1853 it pulled a short (4 cars) train from downtown Toronto 30 miles north to Machells Corners (now Aurora). Service on the Ontario, Simcoe and Huron line had begun!
below: “From one age to another. The locomotive was the machine of the future.”
The mural was painted in September 2012 by Marcelo Pinero, Aelwynn Swanson, and Pia Ferrari from the Davenport Arts Community.
There is also a mural on the south side of the underpass; it has a soccer theme.
It too was painted by Davenport Arts Community.
below: Silverthorn Sunrise mural painted late in 2012 by Marcelo Pinero and Aelwynn Swanson. It is painted on the side of Whiteside Pharmacy which is on the NE corner of St. Clair and Silverthorn. Silverthorn was also the name of this neighbourhood prior to 1998 when it was amalgamated into the City of Toronto.
And last, a mural that is actually on the side of business, West York Motors, which is located on St. Clair West between Ford and Osler streets.
It was painted by Splash Murals.
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