Waterloo Public Library Digital Collections

Bridgeport Mill

Description
Creator
Kraft, Gordon, Photographer
Media Type
Image
Item Types
Photographs
Postcards
Description
Photo of the Bridgeport Mill in the late 1940s or early 1950s.

The mill in Bridgeport was built by Jacob S. Shoemaker in 1830. After Shoemaker, the owners of the mill were Elias Eby and Barnabas Devitt, Peter Shirk and Samuel Snider, and the Waterloo County Supplies Co-operative. On October 6, 1970, the mill caught on fire and burned down.
Notes
Digital copy only.

For more information on the mill, please see Waterloo Historical Society Volume 58.
Date of Original
[ca.1950]
Subject(s)
Mills
Bridgeport (Ont.)
Corporate Name(s)
Waterloo County Supplies Co-Operative
Geographic Coverage
  • Approximate location of Bridgeport Mill:
    Waterloo
    Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 43.4809222037558 Longitude: -80.4855285030746
Donor
Richard Kraft
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