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Alliston History Book

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Alliston Millpond, 1853 to 1942, looking east from King Street bridge.Fletcher Mill, 1853 to 1911Swimming in the millpond, c.1917, looking north to Fletcher Crescent.Annual ice harvest on the millpond.1942: millpond dam and bridge destroyed by spring flood waters.First Knox Presbyterian Church, 1862.Mormon Church, 1881 to 1891.Alliston Post Office, 1902 to 1940.Alliston Public School and Alliston High School, c.1905.The Alliston Herald newspaper office,1900 to 1990.1891: aftermath of AllistonGrand Trunk Railway station, c.1920.Canadian Pacific Railway station, c.1907.Alliston Electric Light Plant, 1902 to 1918, next the mill race.Alliston Town Hall, 1893 to 1970.Alliston-born Sir Frederick Grant Banting, co-discoverer of insulin.