County of Brant Public Library Digital Collections

Flood at Penman's Mills, 1912

Description

Comments (0)

Creators

Unknown, Photographer

Smith, Donald A.

, Editor

Media Type

Image

Item Type

Photographs

Description

This photograph shows the 1912 Nith River flood which submerged the first several floors of the Penman Manufacturing Co.'s factories.

This image was printed on the fortieth page of photographs in At the Forks of the Grand: Volume II by D. A. Smith.

Inscriptions

APL. 7th
PENMAN MILLS. PARIS
FLOOD OF 1912

(On original matting)

Copied and enlarged by D.A. Smith

Date of Original

7 Apr. 1912

Dimensions

Width: 24.1 cm
Height: 16 cm

Subject(s)

Clothing industry
Factories
Floods
Mills
Rivers
Disasters & Accidents - Floods
Paris, Ontario
Nith River
Penmans Limited

Local identifier

1999.0337.01

Collection

D.A. Smith Photograph Collection

Language of Item

English

Geographic Coverage

Paris

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.2 Longitude: -80.38333

Donor

Paris Museum and Historical Society
http://www.parishistoricalsociety.com/
Email: parismuseum@rogers.com
Phone: (519) 442-9295
15 Curtis Avenue North
Paris, Ontario, Canada
N3L 3W1

Recommended Citation

Flood at Penman's Mills, 1912, D.A. Smith Photograph Collection, 1999.0337.01, Paris Museum and Historical Society

Terms of Use

The information and images provided are for personal research only and are not to be used for commercial purposes. Use of this information should include the credit “Paris Museum and Historical Society.”

Contact