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Millertown looking east from the roof of the old mill.1925
Millertown, Newfoundland, Canada
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In 1905 the Anglo Newfoundland Development Company Limited bought the Lewis Miller timber licenses from the Newfoundland Timber Estates Company, to supply pulpwood to a paper mill to be built on the Exploits River at Grand Falls.The town that Lewis Miller built was used by the Anglo Newfoundland Company from 1905 until 1926 when plans to raise the level of the lake included moving the town.
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Anglo Newfoundland Development Company Limited office.1925
Millertown, Newfoundland, Canada
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The Anglo Newfoundland Development Company office staff with the office used from 1905 - 1925 in the background.5
Royal Stores and the Anglo Newfoundland Development Company Limited Supply Store1925
Millertown, Newfoundland, Canada
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The front section of the sawmill was first used by the Exploits Valley Royal Stores and as the Anglo Newfoundland Development Company supply store was in the rear of the building.7
The new town site.1925
Millertown, Newfoundland, Canada
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With a block and tackle system the steam locomotive was used to haul all the homes and cottages to their new location as shown in this photograph.9
Anglo Newfoundland Development Company Limited planning photograph with notes.1925
Millertown, Newfoundland, Canada
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This photograph of that operation includes the notes regarding building numbers and purpose or resident.11
Lewis Miller Community Church1925
Millertown, Newfoundland, Canada
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The Anglo Newfoundland Development Company added a steeple to the church with a bell tower for which a new window was placed above the entrance. The old vertical siding was covered with clapboard, trimmed and painted.13
Anglo Newfoundland Development Company Limited Barn1925
Millertown, Newfoundland, Canada
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A new barn was built at the far end of town for horses, were still an important part of the workforce of the Anglo Newfoundland Development Company. |
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