Ball's Grist-Mill

Ball's Grist-Mill (HM12OG)

Location: Lincoln, ON L0R 1S0 Niagara Regional Municipality
Country: Canada
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N 43° 8.006', W 79° 22.996'

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By 1809 John and George Ball had constructed a four-storey grist-mill here on Twenty Mile Creek. Equipped with two run of stones, the mill provided flour for British Troops during the War of 1812. It was expanded during the 1840's and by the end of the decade was part of a complex which included sawmills and woollen factories. About that time George Peter Mann Ball laid out a village plot named Glen Elgin. His plans for an industrial community were thwarted, however, when the Great Western Railway by-passed the site in the early fifties. By 1900 the industries had declined and the grist-mill had been partially dismantled. Closed in 1910, the mill was acquired from the Ball family in 1962 by the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority.
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HM NumberHM12OG
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Placed ByThe Ontario Heritage Foundation, Ministry of Culture and Recreation
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Date Added Sunday, October 5th, 2014 at 10:36am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17T E 631492 N 4776901
Decimal Degrees43.13343333, -79.38326667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 43° 8.006', W 79° 22.996'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds43° 8' 0.36" N, 79° 22' 59.76" W
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Area Code(s)217
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 3229 Sixth Ave, Lincoln ON L0R 1S0, CA
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