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Woodhouse Collection - Listing of Volumes 1-8
#4-1
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
#4-2
Hon. James Crooks
1778-1860
Painting 1810
#4-3
Jane Cummings
1791-1861
married James Crooks Dec. 8, 1808
painting 1810
#4-4
Hon. James Crooks
1860
#4-5
Mrs. James Crooks
1860
#4-6
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
#4-7
Harper's spillway and dam
just above Webster's Falls
#4-8
Explosion at Stutt's Mill
8/7/1885
#4-9
Stutt's Mill rebuilt 1887
#4-10
1945
South entrance to Stutt's Mill
built 1813 by James Crooks
#4-11
1945
South entrance to Stutt's Mill
built 1813
#4-12
Stutt's Mill about 1910
#4-13
Stutt's Mill and Bridge
Crook's Hollow about 1900
#4-14
Stutt's Ravine, Greensville, Ont.
#4-15
#4-16
Morden's Mill looking downstream from old Brock Road Bridge
Looking downstream
J. McK. Morden's Grist Mill in Distance.
about 1909
#4-17
Morden's Mill. Now under waters of Dundas Town Dam
x = site of the miller's house = Herman Trapp
#4-18
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
#4-19
J. McK. Morden's Mill Dam before 1907 flood
#4-20
John McKinley Morden's dam and grist mill rebuilt
after the fire of the earlier mill 1907 or 08
Evelyn Hore sitting
#4-21
Morden's Mill - Grist Mill left - Saw Mill right
about 1870
#4-22
Steele's distillery
J.J. Steele's Distillery, Greensville, 1906
Built originally by George Morden, 1809
#4-23
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
#4-24
Formerly the site of Hore's Turning Factory
Axles, spokes, tool handles, etc.
#4-25
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
#4-26
Looking upstream to Cochenour's Bridge
#4-27
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
#4-28
On Clark's Mill Dam, Bullock's Corners
#4-29
The Island above Clark's factory. The Island above Clark's dam
#4-30
Clark's Dam ? maybe Morden's
#4-31
Early Clark's Dam.
Clark's Dam after rebuilding
#4-32
Muriel McMahon
Clark's Dam after rebuilding
This propty sold 1859 by Wm Bullock 1st to James and Andrew Clark
#4-33
Looking downstream towards Clark's Dam and Factory
#4-34
[Clark's Factory]
#4-35
Looking upstream to Clark's Blanket Factory
#4-36
[Clark's Blanket Factory]
#4-37
Clark Blanket Factory built 1867
Flooded out Feb. 6, 1938
#4-38
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
#4-39
Ruins Clark Blanket Factory. 1947
#4-40
Ewart's (The Town) Dam
Just before washout Aug. 3, 1915
#4-41
Ashburn Mills, West Flamboro
Joseph Webster Proprietor
Originally built about 1830
Built as above 1842
#4-42
Ashbourne Mills
Built about 1830 by Joseph Webster about 1830
#4-43
Ruins of Webster's Ashbourne Mills
#4-44
Entrance Webster's Ashbourne Mills
#4-45
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
#4-46
Ruins of Webster's Mills
left: Dam above Webster's Falls
right: ruins of Webster's Ashbourne Mills
#4-47
A flood worse than this washout out the dam
at 3 PM, Aug. 3, 1915
#4-48
#4-49
Webster's Falls dam after a spring washout
about 1909
#4-50
Flume for Dundas Electric Light Co.
#4-51
The new highway bridge.
Fisher's Gore Paper Mills
#4-52
Flamboro Stream and Stutt's Mill
1947
#4-53
About 1896
Creighton Road
looking down stream (east) towards Ewart Dam
#4-54
#4-55
1900
Looking N.E. from the Hogsback
View from the South, Dundas, Ont.
#4-56
1896
Looking N from the Hogsback
#4-57
G.W. Harper's Dundas Electric Co.
Opened Jan. 27, 1899
burned Feb. 23, 1901
#4-58
[Dundas]
#4-59
Clark's Dam, Bullock's Corners
#4-60
[Dundas]
#4-61
Ewart Dam. 1902
#4-62
About 1900
Morden's Creek below Ewart's Dam showing
McMurray Street bridge.
Mason's Tannery roof at right
#4-63
Hourigan's Axe Factory
operated by Spencer Creek water
from Ewart (or Town) Dam
#4-64
[Dundas]
#4-65
1896
Looking N.W. from the Hogsback