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Residence of Hon. James Crooks, West Flamborough, Ont.

About 1880

Figures on steps:

above: Jane Crooks (daughter Hon. James Crooks)

below standing: Frances Crooks (daughter Hon. James Crooks)

seated: Mrs. James Crooks Jr (nee Dickie)

Gardener named Crocker who worked there for a long time

 

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Hon. James Crooks

1778-1860

Painting 1810

 

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Jane Cummings

1791-1861

married James Crooks Dec. 8, 1808

painting 1810

 

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Hon. James Crooks

1860

 

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Mrs. James Crooks

1860

 

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Hon. Jas. Crooks' home about 1860

From a sketch in the possession of

William Ellis Crooks, Noranda, P.Q.

Jane is 4th from right in front

born about 1839

 

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Harper's spillway and dam

just above Webster's Falls

 

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Explosion at Stutt's Mill

8/7/1885

 

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Stutt's Mill rebuilt 1887

 

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1945

South entrance to Stutt's Mill

built 1813 by James Crooks

 

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1945

South entrance to Stutt's Mill

built 1813

 

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Stutt's Mill about 1910

 

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Stutt's Mill and Bridge

Crook's Hollow about 1900

 

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Stutt's Ravine, Greensville, Ont.

 

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Morden's Mill looking downstream from old Brock Road Bridge

Looking downstream

J. McK. Morden's Grist Mill in Distance.

about 1909

 

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Morden's Mill. Now under waters of Dundas Town Dam

x = site of the miller's house = Herman Trapp

 

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When first built the Brock Road ran in almost a

straight line from Guelph to Freelton, to Crook's

Hollow, to Galt HWY, to Mountain Brow, Across Dundas

Valley, to the Governor's Road.

About 1885

left: Jas. Stutt's home

Centre: Brock Road - now closed

 

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J. McK. Morden's Mill Dam before 1907 flood

 

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John McKinley Morden's dam and grist mill rebuilt

after the fire of the earlier mill 1907 or 08

Evelyn Hore sitting

 

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Morden's Mill - Grist Mill left - Saw Mill right

about 1870

 

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Steele's distillery

J.J. Steele's Distillery, Greensville, 1906

Built originally by George Morden, 1809

 

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Greensville

from left to right:

-G. Soper's. Robin's Home now

-W. Thompson in 1875. now Wm. Williams

-John Hore's home then Humphreys then C/E rectory now Quigley's

-Once site Francis Hore mill = Jack Cockburns shown here. Burned

-Highest bldg once a hotel. Joe Johnson's res later.now Coullard's

-Steele's maltster. Robertson lived here. Now owned by W.B. Hyslop

-Steele's Malt House and once a distillery. Then Hyslop changed to a canning and basket factory

 

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Formerly the site of Hore's Turning Factory

Axles, spokes, tool handles, etc.

 

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Cockburn's Dam built by Louis Lahey with many a bottle of

whiskey in 1912 to get an emergency water supply for Town of Dundas.

John W. Cockburn's dam built in 1912 by Louis Lahey (assisted by

3 men and 6 bottles of whiskey) as an emergency water supply

for the Dundas Water Works. Got 6 cents an hour

 

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Looking upstream to Cochenour's Bridge

 

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In the old swimming hole behind Clark's Blanket Factory Dam, Bullock's Corners

Right to left:

Wilfred (Dubber) Grightmire

Arnold Walker

Albert Walker

Harold Shipman

 

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On Clark's Mill Dam, Bullock's Corners

 

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The Island above Clark's factory. The Island above Clark's dam

 

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Clark's Dam ? maybe Morden's

 

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Early Clark's Dam.

Clark's Dam after rebuilding

 

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Muriel McMahon

Clark's Dam after rebuilding

This propty sold 1859 by Wm Bullock 1st to James and Andrew Clark

 

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Looking downstream towards Clark's Dam and Factory

 

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[Clark's Factory]

 

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Looking upstream to Clark's Blanket Factory

 

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[Clark's Blanket Factory]

 

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Clark Blanket Factory built 1867

Flooded out Feb. 6, 1938

 

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The Clark Blanket Factory. Greensville, Ont.

An 1888 cornerstone from this mill is now at the

rear of N. Finlayson's resd. 214 park St. 1957

on right: blankets bleaching

 

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Ruins Clark Blanket Factory. 1947

 

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Ewart's (The Town) Dam

Just before washout Aug. 3, 1915

 

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Ashburn Mills, West Flamboro

Joseph Webster Proprietor

Originally built about 1830

Built as above 1842

 

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Ashbourne Mills

Built about 1830 by Joseph Webster about 1830

 

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Ruins of Webster's Ashbourne Mills

 

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Entrance Webster's Ashbourne Mills

 

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left: ruins Ashbourne Mills

centre: Webster's Dam

right: Joseph Webster's home

Harper's Dam, spillway, mill and home.

formerly home of Joseph Webster

 

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Ruins of Webster's Mills

left: Dam above Webster's Falls

right: ruins of Webster's Ashbourne Mills

 

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A flood worse than this washout out the dam

at 3 PM, Aug. 3, 1915

 

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Webster's Falls dam after a spring washout

about 1909

 

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Flume for Dundas Electric Light Co.

 

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The new highway bridge.

Fisher's Gore Paper Mills

 

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Flamboro Stream and Stutt's Mill

1947

 

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About 1896

Creighton Road

looking down stream (east) towards Ewart Dam

 

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1900

Looking N.E. from the Hogsback

View from the South, Dundas, Ont.

 

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1896

Looking N from the Hogsback

 

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G.W. Harper's Dundas Electric Co.

Opened Jan. 27, 1899

burned Feb. 23, 1901

 

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[Dundas]

 

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Clark's Dam, Bullock's Corners

 

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[Dundas]

 

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Ewart Dam. 1902

 

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About 1900

Morden's Creek below Ewart's Dam showing

McMurray Street bridge.

Mason's Tannery roof at right

 

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Hourigan's Axe Factory

operated by Spencer Creek water

from Ewart (or Town) Dam

 

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[Dundas]

 

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1896

Looking N.W. from the Hogsback