Title

Ball's Grist Mill, Town of Lincoln

Description

en-CA Plaque Text: By 1809 John and George Ball had constructed a four-storey grist-mill here on Twenty Mile Creek. Equipped with two run of stones, the mill provided flour for British troops during the War of 1812. It was expanded during the 1840's and by the end of the decade was part of a complex which included sawmills and woollen factories. About that time George Peter Mann Ball laid out a village plot named Glen Elgin. His plans for an industrial community were thwarted, however, when the Great Western Railway by-passed the site in the early fifties. By 1900 the industries had declined and the grist-mill had been partially dismantled. Closed in 1910, the mill was acquired from the Ball family in 1962 by the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority.

Identifier

http://www.nflibrary.ca/nfplindex/show.asp?b=1&ref=oo&id=397317

Creator

Unknown

Type

Still Image

Is Part Of

General Photograph Collection

Extent

3.5" by 3.5"

Medium

Colour photograph

Provenance

The Petrie Collection

Date

May 1977

Subject

Monuments

Mills

Source

Niagara Falls (Ont.) Public Library

number

D525949

Format

Colour photograph

Date Created

2013-12-30

Date Modified

2013-12-30