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A Grist Mill

Publication References

Henry, Lorne J. and Paterson, Gilbert. Pioneer Days in Ontario. Toronto, Ryerson, 1938. 234 p. Illus. Frontispiece - “The Grist Mill” “Note the water-wheel which furnished the power needed to run the machinery.”
Woodley, E.C. Old Quebec trails and homes. Toronto, Ryerson, 1946. 137 p. Illus. frontispiece - “A grist mill with overshot wheel”
Jefferys, C. W. (1945). The Picture Gallery of Canadian History Vol.2, p.183
Encyclopedia Canada. Toronto, Grolier, 1957-1958. v. Illus. v.7, p.56 - “Ox teams wait outside an early water-powered grist mill”
Bassett, John M. and Petrie, A.R. William Hamilton Merritt: Canada’s Father of Transportation
Energy sources then and now. In York Pioneer, Spring 1980, p.35-36, inside front cover and both covers. Illus. front cover - “A water-powered grist mill”
Osborne, Brian S. “’The kindling touch of imagination’: Charles William Jefferys and Canadian identity.” In A few acres of snow: literary and artistic images of Canada, edited by Paul Simpson-Housley and Glen Norcliffe, 28-47. Toronto, Dundurn Press, 1992. p. 43 - "Grist mill mechanism"
Sauriol, Charles. Pioneers of the Don. Toronto, Charles Sauriol, 1995. 340 p. Illus. p. viii - “A Southern Ontario grist mill of the 1830s.”