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The Dam: The boisterous water in front of us is the result of the dam that was constructed in 1837 to harness the water’s power for use by the Dickson Mill and later the Turnbull Woollen Mill.

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The Bank of Toronto branch in Galt was opened on March 17, 1905 in an old stone building on this location. This building was replaced by the present building in 1913. The newly merged Toronto-Dominion Bank remained at this location until 1972. It was purchased in 1972 by Don Thompson, David Grant and Gord Renwick and converted it to law offices, where it remains today.

The glazed red brick building is known as I.O.O.F. (Independent Order of Odd Fellows) Building, and was built in 1890.

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It utilized the force of the river to turn the sheave (grooved wheel) to provide power to a gist mill. It was originally built in 1876.

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An old building is getting a classic refurbishment, courtesy of a Hamilton-based investment management company.

Forge & Foster purchased the 112-year-old Ray Electric building, at 20 Park Hill Rd., and the connecting space — severed just before Country Bowl — with plans on revitalizing the 40,000 square feet into “creative, culinary and flexible-use commercial spaces.”

The firm is also renaming the space The Classic Shoe Building, an ode to the one-time home of the Scott Shoe Company, owned by Galt-born Frank Stewart Scott.

Work by artist Lester Coloma will be done on the exterior of the Ray Electric building as it becomes The Classic Shoe Building.

• The name is derived from the Scott Shoe Company, founded at the turn of the last century. The company manufactured a number of footwear brands, including its leading brand “The Classic.” The company folded in the 1950s.
• The building will include current tenants and new tenants who are on letters of intent.
• Foster & Forge projects include the former home of Brantford Cordage and the revitalization of the Woolen Mills.
• Current work being done includes some exterior work and testing the soundness of the building’s infrastructure. The interior will undergo a refurbishment, with a revival of the brick and beam interior, and the exterior will get a facelift with a large mural.

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Excerpt from www.cambridge.ca/en/learn-about/resources/Dickson-Hill-HC...:

Dickson Hill is one of the most unique communities in the City of Cambridge. Dickson Hill is named for the Honourable William Dickson, a prominent Galt settler who arrived to the area in 1816. Dickson is credited with founding the Village of Galt due to his considerable land holdings and was responsible for much of the commercial development on the west bank of the Grand River.

His son, William Dickson Jr., acquired most of the lands that currently make up the residential area of Dickson Hill. His own residence, located at 16 Byng Avenue was constructed in 1832. The development of the residential component occurred over several decades and by a series of developers. Florence Dickson, niece to William Dickson Jr., and his heir, controlled the development of this area until the 1890’s.

Dickson Hill features an extremely high concentration of significant buildings of various types: residential, institutional, commercial and manufacturing. In addition to the buildings, key elements that define the character of Dickson Hill are:
• Tree-lined streets;
• Distinctive globe street lights; and
• Prominent urban public spaces and landscape features.

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