Barber Paper Mill

[jerm IX]

The Barber family had been involved in woolen milling since 1837. In 1853, they built the Barber Paper Mill along the mighty Credit River and named the new settlement Georgetown, which today is a part of the town of Halton Hills. In 1888, the Barber Paper Mill was the first place in Canada to generate hydro-electric power for use in industrial production, with a power plant that had been built a few kilometers upstream. The Barber Paper Mill shut down in 1989 and has since sat vacant, left to the elements, to vandals, and time. Several proposed projects intended to revitalize this historic site have came and went with no action taken, aside from steal reinforcement beams added to maintain the structural integrity of the buildings during this long drawn out bureaucratic period of limbo...

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http://jermalism.blogspot.com/2012/02/abandonment-issues-barber-paper-mill.html




Untitled by jerm IX, on Flickr


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Untitled by jerm IX, on Flickr


Untitled by jerm IX, on Flickr


Untitled by jerm IX, on Flickr

 

[krela]

Reminds me a lot of some of the sites in the valleys in South Wales. Thanks.

 

[flyboys90]

Reminds me of a lot of places in the West Midlands! Sad.

 

[Pincheck]

looks a interesting place

 

[The Cat Crept In]

Top stuff very well done

 

[kevsy21]

Good pics.

 

[Ratters]

Good work

 

[jerm IX]

Thanks all. This was an interesting spot.