Holmedale Mills

Allgemeines

NameHolmedale Mills
OrtssitzBrantford (Kanada)
OrtsteilHolmedale
Art des UnternehmensMühle
AnmerkungenAm Grand River
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Unternehmensgeschichte

Zeit Ereignis
09.1856 George S. Wilkes, Esq., stellt einen Damm durch dem Grand River bei Holmedale fertig, zum Zweck der Kraftversorgung für neue Mühlen.
1857 Die Mühle wird vmtl. 1857 in Betrieb gesetzt, und sie ist für einige Jahre im Eigentum von Mr. Wilkes.
01.1867 Das Eigentum fällt in die Hände von Ker und Coleman; dann leitet sie Mr. Ker für eine Zeit alleine, bis im Januar 1867 Mr. David Plewes der Eigentümer wird.




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Mehl 1857 Beginn vmtl. 1883 [Profiles von Brant County (1883)]  




Allgemeines

ZEIT1883
THEMAFirmenbeschreibung
TEXTIn the month of September, 1856, George S. Wilkes, Esq., completed a dam across Grand River, at Holmedale, for the purpose of supplying power to the new mills which he had already made preparations to build. Times were hard and there was much discouragement in Brantford, so much so that Mr. Wilkes' enterprise was looked upon by many as another useless outlay of capital. But the same spirit that impelled the Wilkes family to forego the pleasures of an older country and become pioneers, moved him to persistent effort to carry out the plans which he had adopted. There is no precise record at hand to fix the date of the building of the mill, but it was probably put in operation during the year 1857, and was for several years owned and managed by Mr. Wilkes. The property fell into the hands of Ker and Coleman; then Mr. Ker alone controlled it for a time, until in January 1867, Mr. David Plewes succeeded to the proprietorship, and so continued until now. this mill property is among the best on Grand River, has a high "head and fall" with an abundance of water at all seasons. the weekly product is one thousand barrels of good merchantable flour, an important item in the industries of the City of Brantford. There are employed in this connection about a dozen men, besides the more indirect advantages to various others who supply barrels and other packages.
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