Solar Energy ~ Caledonia Mill

The Caledonia Mill continues to amaze! As environmentally conscious citizens, the guardians of the old mill have installed solar panels.

Attracting hundreds of visitors at Christmas with their light display, the mill folks are forging ahead with twenty-first century technology. Congratulations.

Managed by a non-profit organization established to preserve the mill and promote the arts, the Caledonia Mill sits stoically on the bank of the Grand River, southwest of the Hwy. #6 bridge.

Originally known as the Balmoral Mill this flour mill opened in 1857. The name was changed to the Grand River Mill in 1873, then to the Caledonia Milling Company in 1892.*

Also, see blog posts Dec. 20/09 and Jan. 9/10 for Christmas lights. For larger images, please click on photos.

*Ontario's Historic Mills, The Boston Mills Press, 2007. George Fischer and Mark Harris.