Mill race on Don River, Taylor Brothers Paper Mill, c. 1909

Title:	Mill race on Don River, Taylor Brothers Paper Mill, c. 1909
Author:	Unknown
Description:	Note: A mill race is a channel used to divert water from a river or stream to a water wheel in order to create energy for the milling process. The Taylor Brothers Paper Mill building is still standing on Pottery Road, as part of the Todmorden Mills Museum in Toronto. The second paper mill in Upper Canada, it was originally constructed by Colin Skinner and John Eastwood in 1827 and purchased by the Taylor Brothers in 1855.
Sponsorship:	Changing Urban Waterfronts research project
Subject:	Taylor Brothers Paper Mill Pottery Road Don River
Type:	Image
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10315/1236
Published:	Location: Don Valley Glass Plate Negatives, Archives of Ontario
Series:	C 317-1-0-1-7
Citation:	Mill race on Don River, Taylor Brothers Paper Mill, c. 1909. Don Valley Glass Plate Negatives, Archives of Ontario, C 317-1-0-1-7.
Date:	1909

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Description:	Mill race on the Don River, Taylor Brothers Paper Mill, c. 1909, Archives of Ontario, C 317-1-0-1-7