Absolute banger I love learning about my city from this - why has CBC not given this man funding for a documentary series yet smh can someone please write the grant application to the city of Toronto already
I love the local content but he currently needs to work on his screen personality. Get a stabilizing gimbal camera mount and move away from the wide angle shots since you don't move your body. Throw in some more b-roll shots so you don't have to memorize the whole segment shots. And keep up the good work :)
Lol the cbc? You mean a branch of the government who will just turn this extremely educational and entertaining channel in to leftist propaganda? Nah. Get out with that idea. The cbc needs to be defunded and go away.
Living in the city really makes me forget about the enormous infrastructures that hold everything up. Loud noises, busy streets, and constant rush hours take all my attention away and until now I’ve never appreciated the engineering marvels that are right under my feet.
Please keep doing what you’re doing and don’t start over-producing your videos once the algorithm blesses you! Your tone, your pace, your style, we love it!
One of the first things I noticed when moving to Toronto from further north in Ontario was how soft the water was in the city. I like it better than the well water up north- tastes better too!
I don't even live in Toronto, but I find your videos fascinating nevertheless. I wish there was a similar channel dedicated to Québec city. Maybe there is... But I didn't find it yet.
I do, I even helped build some of her Towers. But dude... It no longer feels Canadian. Like man... how many times do you see or hear different foreign languages... like dude. We lost our home
@@Robert_D_Mercer Not sure why you posted this reply on my comment, but anyways... You didn't loose your home (unless you literally mean it). You gained new neighbors.
Steve, your videos are amazing! Great pieces of history and architecture (RC Harris plant looks beautiful). Thanks for doing this research and making these videos for us.
Great video! The Baldwin treatment plant in Cleveland (dating from 1925), while not as grand as RC Harris, is nonetheless another example of a utilitarian building whose architecture was taken seriously.
This feels like a perfect pairing with topics from Grady on Practical Engineering. That is a great channel for infrastructure stuff, and you've done a similarly great job here covering this topic.
R.C. Harris is an important part of The Beaches. How else would you know where they stop? I've always loved how cities are named after their water towers.
Thanks! There's a "thanks" feature that lets you do this - somewhere near the like/dislike links on the video, and possibly hidden in the vertical "..." menu. Or just keep watching them and sharing them with people as I get a fraction of a penny each time TH-cam shows an ad.
I used to bike around the palace of purity regularly when I lived downtown and it was a short trip east. Did renovation engineering on some of the old houses nearby, completely gutting them, removing all the interior walls.
I deliver fluoride to the RC Harris plant and I absolutely love it because of the view. I am parked just behind where he is standing. There’s a door that they open up in the grass and it all goes into a tank underground.
SCTV filmed a skit of "Mrs. Falbo's Tiny Town" with Andrea Martin and John Candy at the RC Harris Water Treatment plant probably circa 1982. The outside facade was supposed to be the Melonville Prison, and Mrs. Falbo was going inside to sing songs to the inmates.
I would have loved to have been taught this in school. Stuff like this can inspire people find a career in solving real problems. This is the first time I've heard about the water being collected and discharged from the bottom of the lake.
If anyone has ever read Michael Ondaatje’s In the Skin of a Lion, which takes place in Toronto in the 20s and 30s, you’ll know of the R.C. Harris Treatment Plant… would recommend this book over any I’ve ever read
Yes, both of these plants have been participants in Doors Open in the past (that's when I took the interior photos), and may well do so in future. It's the last weekend in May each year. They post the list of buildings on the City's Web site each year a few weeks before the event.
The RC Harris plant was used as the filming site for "Last of the Red Hot Fools" by The Jitters, probably in the early 1980s: th-cam.com/video/AyMuJakVHJU/w-d-xo.html
Are you sure it's 1 Billion liters? That's 1,000 Million liters per day. Theres no way 1 Toronto hydro station is moving that kind of volume and it's safe to drink. Absolutely no way, so it must be like California, Florida and New York states where the water is deemed not safe to drink, but they justify it in some fashion. A real eye opener.
So everytime you set foot in Lake Ontario, we are stepping into a lake with a percentage of untreated waste? That's disgusting to say the least. 2024 and we can't develop another way for 100% waste disposal. No wonder all that (bacteria) slimy stuff is growing on the rocks.
@@brianbarker2551 Sunscreen can be good to prevent skin cancer, and insect-repellent can prevent mosquito & tick bites too, BUT YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DRINK IT INTO YOUR BODY !!! There is more than enough fluoride in toothpastes already, we do not need to drink this toxin !
Absolute banger I love learning about my city from this - why has CBC not given this man funding for a documentary series yet smh can someone please write the grant application to the city of Toronto already
I love the local content but he currently needs to work on his screen personality. Get a stabilizing gimbal camera mount and move away from the wide angle shots since you don't move your body. Throw in some more b-roll shots so you don't have to memorize the whole segment shots. And keep up the good work :)
CBC ? 😂😂😂 screw cbc
Lol the cbc? You mean a branch of the government who will just turn this extremely educational and entertaining channel in to leftist propaganda? Nah. Get out with that idea. The cbc needs to be defunded and go away.
Does not fit the CBC demographic.
Because the CBC executives are too busy lining their own pockets before the new government shows them the door.
Living in the city really makes me forget about the enormous infrastructures that hold everything up. Loud noises, busy streets, and constant rush hours take all my attention away and until now I’ve never appreciated the engineering marvels that are right under my feet.
Please keep doing what you’re doing and don’t start over-producing your videos once the algorithm blesses you! Your tone, your pace, your style, we love it!
These videos are seriously amazing, they should be played in every classroom in the city
steve, you have filled the hole in my heart that tom scott left when he stopped making videos!
Please, more infrastructure videos. I'm a tradesman who has worked at Ashbridges Bay and on the Deep Lake Cooling system. I find them fascinating
RC Harris is really a beautiful place. Hearing those loud turbines/pumps during doors open was really something.
"But there's something cool about this one, literally." that caught me off guard lmao
Love the alternating hand gestures
One of the first things I noticed when moving to Toronto from further north in Ontario was how soft the water was in the city. I like it better than the well water up north- tastes better too!
I don't even live in Toronto, but I find your videos fascinating nevertheless. I wish there was a similar channel dedicated to Québec city. Maybe there is... But I didn't find it yet.
I do, I even helped build some of her Towers. But dude... It no longer feels Canadian. Like man... how many times do you see or hear different foreign languages... like dude. We lost our home
@@Robert_D_Mercer Not sure why you posted this reply on my comment, but anyways... You didn't loose your home (unless you literally mean it). You gained new neighbors.
You mentioned the other day about a thanks, well, here we are. Thank you for series and glad to contribute.
Thank you! I appreciate your support.
Love these videos man.
Steve, your videos are amazing! Great pieces of history and architecture (RC Harris plant looks beautiful). Thanks for doing this research and making these videos for us.
Another very cool video! I also love the super wholesome comments section!
Great video! The Baldwin treatment plant in Cleveland (dating from 1925), while not as grand as RC Harris, is nonetheless another example of a utilitarian building whose architecture was taken seriously.
This feels like a perfect pairing with topics from Grady on Practical Engineering. That is a great channel for infrastructure stuff, and you've done a similarly great job here covering this topic.
the style is my favourite - will be considering a "NotSmoothSteve based" Halloween costume
Great video Steve! I really love the brief snapshots of the map
Thanks for the video Steve!
already subscribed, so a like and a comment will have to do.
just to encourage the algo-deities of the tube'y'all
smooth, Steve. Real smooth.
R.C. Harris is an important part of The Beaches. How else would you know where they stop? I've always loved how cities are named after their water towers.
Another great Video Steve
If I could fund your documentaries, I would. Good stuff sir.
Thanks! There's a "thanks" feature that lets you do this - somewhere near the like/dislike links on the video, and possibly hidden in the vertical "..." menu. Or just keep watching them and sharing them with people as I get a fraction of a penny each time TH-cam shows an ad.
@@notsmoothsteve found it! Got you!
Great video and very informative. It's worth visiting the RC Harris and Poplar Plains plants during doors open.
Great video
I used to bike around the palace of purity regularly when I lived downtown and it was a short trip east. Did renovation engineering on some of the old houses nearby, completely gutting them, removing all the interior walls.
Good video Steve. I learned a lot.
Yes, one of the best Canadian movies ever made, Strange Brew. I believe Polson Pier is where the van drives into the lake... Great insights, Cheers 👍
Ur videos full of great information
Another great video! Appreciate it.
I like and comment on every video i watch. Great content, really have enjoyed learning more about my city
I deliver fluoride to the RC Harris plant and I absolutely love it because of the view. I am parked just behind where he is standing. There’s a door that they open up in the grass and it all goes into a tank underground.
SCTV filmed a skit of "Mrs. Falbo's Tiny Town" with Andrea Martin and John Candy at the RC Harris Water Treatment plant probably circa 1982. The outside facade was supposed to be the Melonville Prison, and Mrs. Falbo was going inside to sing songs to the inmates.
john candy went to neil mcneil just up the street
I used to live near RC Harris and I took my dog down to the beach right next to it. It's one of the most impressive buildings in Toronto.
thank you, been waiting.
more incredible content
fantastic steve!
i love this channel
What's up Steve, love the content. Carlos saying Hi from mount pleasant and Eglinton
so smooth bro 🔥
Another great video. Cool how Open Street Maps already has the Ontario Line (9:36) If only it were that fast to materialize IRL.
Maybe we should get them to be in charge of new transit instead of Metrolinx!
I'd love more info on the placement of the various pipes going in and out of the lake. What a great video thank you!
Loved this video!
Great one again! :)
I would have loved to have been taught this in school. Stuff like this can inspire people find a career in solving real problems. This is the first time I've heard about the water being collected and discharged from the bottom of the lake.
If anyone has ever read Michael Ondaatje’s In the Skin of a Lion, which takes place in Toronto in the 20s and 30s, you’ll know of the R.C. Harris Treatment Plant… would recommend this book over any I’ve ever read
A new nostsmoothsteve video? "WWWWHAATT?!"
Keep these coming Steve!!
You can see inside the RC Harris plant on Doors Open TO weekend
I LOVE THE YELLOW BUILDING 🔥🔥🔥
nice video!
Really cool, video
love your vids, Steve.
1:56 - Its also the prison from In the mouth of madness.
I love hearing about my city. Does the city offer public visits to its treatment plants?
i think during "doors open toronto" you can visit the fancy water treatment plant, TTC yard and other stuff. I think they host it in late may?
Yes, both of these plants have been participants in Doors Open in the past (that's when I took the interior photos), and may well do so in future. It's the last weekend in May each year. They post the list of buildings on the City's Web site each year a few weeks before the event.
Sewage treatment is best learned about in video form. My comany is working at Ashbriges and Im glad they didnt send me.
i wish i could see the machines that pull the water from the lake
You can, search up the deep water cooling project. The city uses those pipes for its water.
"Whaaaaaaaaaaat???" 😂
could you do a video on the underground wine tunnels on queen street east
oh so that's where the chiller is. I thought it was privately owned? By Toronto Hydro or some other major energy company
The RC Harris plant was used as the filming site for "Last of the Red Hot Fools" by The Jitters, probably in the early 1980s: th-cam.com/video/AyMuJakVHJU/w-d-xo.html
Are you sure it's 1 Billion liters? That's 1,000 Million liters per day. Theres no way 1 Toronto hydro station is moving that kind of volume and it's safe to drink. Absolutely no way, so it must be like California, Florida and New York states where the water is deemed not safe to drink, but they justify it in some fashion. A real eye opener.
So everytime you set foot in Lake Ontario, we are stepping into a lake with a percentage of untreated waste? That's disgusting to say the least. 2024 and we can't develop another way for 100% waste disposal. No wonder all that (bacteria) slimy stuff is growing on the rocks.
It turns out fish pee in it too...
Stop adding hydrofluoric acid -- AKA - _"Fluoride"_ -- to our water system !
you better have a good dental plan then
@@brianbarker2551 Sunscreen can be good to prevent skin cancer, and insect-repellent can prevent mosquito & tick bites too, BUT YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DRINK IT INTO YOUR BODY !!! There is more than enough fluoride in toothpastes already, we do not need to drink this toxin !
Learn some rudimentary chemistry before posting a comment like this
@@brianbarker2551sunscreen helps prevent cancer, but you're not supposed to drink it !
@@brianbarker2551 insect-repellent helps prevent mosquito and tick bites, but you're not supposed to drink it !
If you would like someone to film once in a while on a weekend send me a message enjoy your vids