Posted by David Robertson, 30 November 2020 at 16:01
There is a reference to an "aqueduct" in an information insert on an Insurance plan Village for Pickering, a GOAD map dated 1891. Presumably this aqueduct supplied water to the Spink's Mill and entered the mill structure on the 3rd floor according to the notations on the map.
I have been searching for evidence of this "flume" for some time, and can find no evidence of it connecting to the building -- the photo included in the postcard shows nothing indicating this. My best guess as to the existence of the aqueduct may be at the Mill Race Falls location -- east side of Duffin, at the bend of Elizabeth Street.
It is entirely possible that the "flume" connecting from the Mill Race, a channel on the Picov Farm transporting water from a dam located on the Duffin at the present day golf course was never finalized and was simply mentioned in the "planning" stage of the Village's development .
Anyone out there with helpful thoughts?
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There is a reference to an "aqueduct" in an information insert on an Insurance plan Village for Pickering, a GOAD map dated 1891. Presumably this aqueduct supplied water to the Spink's Mill and entered the mill structure on the 3rd floor according to the notations on the map.
I have been searching for evidence of this "flume" for some time, and can find no evidence of it connecting to the building -- the photo included in the postcard shows nothing indicating this. My best guess as to the existence of the aqueduct may be at the Mill Race Falls location -- east side of Duffin, at the bend of Elizabeth Street.
It is entirely possible that the "flume" connecting from the Mill Race, a channel on the Picov Farm transporting water from a dam located on the Duffin at the present day golf course was never finalized and was simply mentioned in the "planning" stage of the Village's development .
Anyone out there with helpful thoughts?
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