Sherbrooke Mills in the early 1840s, W. H. Bartlett.
This rising centre in the Eastern Townships was one of a number of growing milltowns in which early central Canadian industry developed. Gradually, larger mills in such places would take to steampower for wood-working, grain-milling and cloth-making, but initially they were water-driven, as here on the St. Francis River.
Courtesy: John Ross Robertson Collection, Metropolitan Toronto Public Library Board
