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The annual floodwaters of the Maitland River made this area difficult to settle without getting wet.

This block oozes with stories of a time long past when women were scarce and men weren't afraid to get wet.

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The south end of Wingham's main street, the site of the original Wingham pottery.
2004
This is the south end of Wingham's main street

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Wingham's only and oldest pottery was located here on the banks of the Maitland River from the 1870s to 1892.

The proximity of the river and large supplies of river clay did not prevent the old frame building from burning to the ground in 1892.

This building was the home of Doc Cruikshank, the man who started CKNX radio and television. In recent years, it has housed an employment centre and most recently a car finishing business.

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This location fixed bikes and snowmobiles long before it began serving mouthwatering pies.
2004
135 Josephine Street, Wingham, Ontario, Canada

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Since 1950 this building has housed a tire, bike and later a motorcycle repair shop.

An entrepreneur with an ability to see more than a few decades of grease and grime, converted the space into Captain Zack's Restaurant - a fine dining establishments. It has remained a restaurant since the late 1970's.

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This old cider mill.
1982
140 Josephine Street, Wingham, Ontario, Canada

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Cider, apple butter and sweet syrup flowed out of this cider mill in 1889.

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The sweet smell of cider surrendered to the flash of welding torches and grime of a machine shop in 1906. From W.A. Currie 1906 - 1928, to Elwell Webster 1928 - 1936 and finally to Dave Murray 1936 - 1986, the fascination with creating and repairing metal lasted 80 years.

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The original lot housed a cider mill which was later made into a machine shop.
2004
140 Josephine Street, Wingham, Ontario, Canada

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Then down came the shop and a Saan Store was built in its place.

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The original home of the Wingham Times newspaper.
1890
152 Josephine Street, Wingham, Ontario Canada

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This frame house (to the left) smelled strongly of ink as it ran off the first issues of the Wingham Times in 1872.

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The mill was the centre of activity for farmers coming into town.
1942
152 Josephine Street, Wingham, Ontario Canada

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Next door, the Wingham Chopping Mill was the centre of town for the farmers bringing their crops in to be processed. It was also the scene of at least one death.

It happened while the foreman was standing on the street below talking with one of the farmers who had brought a load of crop in that morning. When a strange sound emitted from the mill, the foreman ran in to see what was going on. Upon climbing to the top of mill, the foreman found the body of one of his young workers. He'd lost his balance and fallen into the millworks.