Scrutiny in the Modern City: The domestic public and the Toronto Local Council of Women at the turn of the twentieth century: La vigilancia en la Ciudad Moderna: Lo domestico público y el Concilio Local de Mujeres de Toronto en los inicios de siglo XX

In this article I argue that late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century ‘white’ Protestant bourgeois women acted publicly and engaged in the production of public space, while disregarding the moral geographies now associated with such women's mobility. Highlighting the urban/social reform activities of the Toronto Local Council of Women, this article argues that their unlimited use of public space combines with domestic ideology's dictate to protect the home. Requiring women to scrutinize public space for threats against their families, home-protection compelled domestic public women to discover, assess and correct city-hazards, irrespective of moral geographies.

En este artículo argumento que a finales del siglo XIX y el principio del siglo XX, las mujeres burguesas, protestantes, ‘blancas’ participaron en la construcción del espacio publico cuestionando las geografías morales asociados con este tipo de movilidad de las mujeres. Subrayando las actividades de la reforma urbana/social del Concilio Local de Mujeres de Toronto, este artículo propone que el uso ilimitado del espacio público que hicieron estas mujeres combinando con la ideología del espacio doméstico contribuyeron a la protección del hogar. Dada la motivación de proteger el hogar, estas mujeres con acceso al espacio público, se vieron forzadas y examinado en busca de posibles amenazas a sus familias y como consecuencia, a identificar, evaluar y corregir ciertos peligros urbanos sin tener en cuenta las geografías morales.     

Archaeological Investigations of York South Motive Power Depot

ABSTRACT

Results of a study of the southern portion of the railway lands adjacent to York Station are considered. An early straight shed and a rare combination of three roundhouses, variously built by the Great North of England Railway, the York and North Midland Railway and the North Eastern Railway at the York South Motive Power Depot, were investigated and preserved in situ beneath the new rail operating centre, the largest in the country. Originally constructed between 1841 and 1864, these remarkable engine sheds remained in railway use for up to 120 years. Documentary and archaeological evidence is considered and placed within a wider context to explain how these buildings were adapted as their functions evolved. This allows us to understand how the sheds remained in operation after comparable structures at other depots became obsolete.