Forbes Textile Mill National Historic Site of Canada
Cambridge, Ontario
Exterior view of the building
© Parks Canada / Parcs Canada, CIHB (HRS-898)
Address :
215 Queen Street West, Cambridge, Ontario
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
1989-06-22
Dates:
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1863 to 1863
(Construction)
Other Name(s):
-
Forbes Textile Mill
(Designation Name)
Research Report Number:
1986-SUC, 1989-SUB
Description of Historic Place
For a time in the early decades of the twentieth century, it was the largest woollen and worsted mill in Canada; 1863