Early Mill Site
Yes, that's an old mill wheel you're looking at. Erected by the Metropolitan Toronto and Region Conservation Authority in 1957, the site, on the east side of Weston Road across from St. Phillips Road, overlooks the Humber River valley scross the street. An attached plaque has this to say:
A grist mill & sawmill, built by David Holley in 1810-11, stood in the valley below. James Farr, to whom the mill belonged from 1815 until 1828, operated five run of stones in his mill. The lower & older part of the village of Weston, formerly known as Farr's Mills, was destroyed in the flood of 1850. In 1828, William Wadsworth bought the mill, rebuilt & operated the sawmill, 1830-1870, & built a larger grist mill in 1856. The Wadsworth mills operated in this vicinity for 87 years.
Location Co-ordinates: 43.706624 -79.532652
Photo by Alan L Brown - October 2006
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