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By Carol Behnka . L / ". , , _ " - . ' _ Heritage Staff . . . . d two or three S denham Mill Park, the old until he recently decided to sell village boaste . , VV siteyof the Sydenham Mill, was it to the conservation authority hotels, ti“ tttlf/ti' Jtt; officially presented to the with the intent that it be made ers,la msch' Rail station Township of Loughborough in into a park for the people of par ("1 l, rdin houses G'. a brief ceremony on Thursday. Sydenham. i11fJ5, a If, h School John Conley, Chairman of The Township of Loughbor- Slydentartrhe millg(at that time the Cataraqui Region Conser- ough and the Province of yu en s, er mill) and the vation Authority, Rein Vander- Ontario reimbursed the 1: ,,rvi'i', , powers Dair which wall, Reeve of lrt1,,tp."'te, conservation authority for the C li darm h of ¥“astern Township, and Mel oslin, t e cost of the land and funded the “pt" 1.9 , TJll and‘ dairy Representative {prom Lough improvements made to the gr" 05:12:; s m borou h Towns i on e pro erty. : 'll',',)),',?,,";',), Authgrity were “ghen the conservation The mailbag asdagggggg on hand to unveil a comme, authority purchased the land grist mg , h 'd n e but it morative pla ue. from Turner the township owned y odnb [ra gin 1897 Conle and%anderwall were agreed to maintain the par was tiifpp y 'Jill') and joined by Stewart Fyfe, Vice w en it was finished and to In 1915 ld wag red Alexarr. Chairman of the Cataraqui contributeasmall share of the l leased to E 'lllhd1, . stalled Re ion Conservation Authority cost of the park, $23,000, said der Barker: w , tenlln trical ant? Thomas Foxton, Deputy Foxton. Sydenham s firs e ec Reeve of [fgg'lbtirgh Town- Foxton, whose grandfather system. "Power was only ship to plant a blae walnut was a stationary engineer who supplied in the evenings and on tree that was donated by ran the Leffel Turbine that is Monday and Tuesday after- Silverbrook Landscape and preserved on the site in recog- noons -- wash days," said Otto Garden Centre. nition of the mill's historic Gossage, who worked in the The land which is now the significance to the local area, mill in the 1930's and 1940‘s. Sydenham Mill Park was said, "it will mean a little The mill was again destroy- owned by Dr. John Turner more to the older citizens who ed by fire in 1947 and left remember the old site." untouched until Frank Anglin tie also painted out the site installed the Leffel Turbine on where the steam tank stood as the .site of thy. old power part of the mill's operations turbine anlustsd it to generate when it was owned and oper- power fortis cheese box (plant. ated by Anglins as a cheese The mill fell into isuse box factor . "I remember seven years later and has been working in the steam tank," he left as it was until it was made said, "That was uite a iob." into the beautiful, scenic and As a member 0:13 g/lit that historical park that is now one has lived in Sydenham since of the. centre pieces of Syden- the early or mid 1800's, Foxton ham lifestyle. had many memories and stories of the rich history of the "It should be a good gathers area. ing place," said Foxton, "A The mill formed only a small place to stop and rest and to part of the thriving community enjoy the scenery." of Sydenham, circa 1942, for example. . According to Foxton, the