#515 Main Street 1990

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Image

Item Type

Photographs

Description

#515 Main Street. Built in 1826. These buildings compromise the original Williams saw and flour mills as well as more recent storage buildings. The Williams saw mill was built by Benajah Williams in 1826 upon his arrival in the Glen.. It was refitted twice before 1877 (once after a forest fire in 1866). Around 1891-92 it was reconstructed and converted into a hosiery mill. The flour mill was probably built a few years after the saw mill and survived until 1890 when it burned down. The Georgetown Electric Light Company power plant was rebult on the original flour mill foundations around 1900 and had 2 dynamos which produced electricity for the area. Both of these existing structures have been designated under part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act by the Town of Halton Hills. The present owner of the buildings are Douglas Brock.

Notes

This photo is one in a series of Glen Williams, Main Street inventory. Photography by Eric Connolly.

Date of Original

1 Aug 1990

Date Of Event

1990

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