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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Rockwood and Limehouse Ontario in Colour Photos: Saving Our History One Photo at a Time

Rockwood and Limehouse Ontario in Colour Photos: Saving Our History One Photo at a Time

Raue, Barbara

Paperback

Series: Cruising Ontario, Book 83

Photography History & Criticism

ISBN10: 1505621984
ISBN13: 9781505621983
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Dec 24 2014
Pages: 44
Weight: 0.16
Height: 0.11 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
RockwoodRockwood is located on Highway 7 between Acton and the city of Guelph. The Eramosa River runs through the centre of the village.Early settlers to this area were Quakers. John Harris, the first settler, erected a shanty in 1821. In 1840 Colonel Henry Strange settled and brought further development to the area which became known as Strange's Mills. Strange was the Deputy Provincial Surveyor and he opened a lime quarry which provided stone for building mills. In the 1850s the community became known as Rockwood which reflected the lovely river valley, mixed forest, high rocky hills, and geological potholes. The Eramosa River provided power for John Gamble's sawmill which was the first in Wellington County. Grist, flour, oatmeal, stave, and woollen mills followed. A post office was opened in 1853 and the Grand Trunk Railway opened a station in 1855.LimehouseLimehouse is a community in the Town of Halton Hills in southern Ontario. It has a population of about 800 people and its closest neighbours are Georgetown and Acton. Limehouse has many hills, trails and a small school.

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