Bridgeport Mill Building with Pulley
Description
- Creator
- Kraft, Gordon, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Photo of a building with a large pulley on the front of it. This building was likely associated with the Bridgeport Mill when the photo was taken 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)
- Corporate Name(s)
- Waterloo County Supplies Co-Operative
- Geographic Coverage
-
-
Approximate location of the Bridgeport Mill:
Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.4809273172879 Longitude: -80.4855445963287
-
Approximate location of the Bridgeport Mill:
- Donor
- Richard Kraft
- Copyright Statement
- To obtain a copy of this item and for terms of use please contact the Waterloo Public Library.
- Contact
- Waterloo Public LibraryEmail:askus@wpl.ca
Website:
Agency street/mail address:35 Albert Street, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 5E2
