After many back and fourth emails between myself, Chris Mears and Steve Hunter I received some great photos of the mill pre and post renovations which took place in late 1989. Originally the mill was finished in ashpalt brick siding which was covered with blue tin. The roof appears to be plain silver painted tin.
This is a link to some of Chris's photos:
http://princestreet.wordpress.com/category/pei-railway/borden-subdivision/hunter-river/
Here is where I am at.
The property itself is still owned by the same company however a much smaller complex currently exists today. I took a drive out this past Sunday, hoping to measure the foundation, however it has been covered over so the building is roughly to scale...although I think I made the elevator too high.
My dad worked at and ran the mill for years and still lives in Hunter River. I think we have pics around.
ReplyDeleteThe tall section was never there the two "towers" were one and the height of the short one
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comments Paul. I'm actually basing the mill as it appeared in the 1970's. I have many many photos of the mill from Steve Hunter and Allan Graham's book "A Photo History of the PEI Railway" and the two "towers" were very much there well into the 1980's (Allan's book shows a photo of the mill in 1984, still clad in brick ashphalt siding)
ReplyDeleteI don't really need the photos at this point but I appreciate your kind gesture. (I have dozens between the two above sources) Something you might be able to answer was when they put the awning on the front of the mill. (I believe it was sheathed in blue tin in late 1989 but this was done sometime after that as far as I know)
ReplyDeleteI don't really need the photos at this point but I appreciate your kind gesture. (I have dozens between the two above sources) Something you might be able to answer was when they put the awning on the front of the mill. (I believe it was sheathed in blue tin in late 1989 but this was done sometime after that as far as I know)
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