Historical plaque unveiled near the bayshore in the area of the amphitheatre in Centennial Park August 13 2022.
Rail line spurs ran into the plant to take the finished planks and ships docked at the mill to move them by water. the Dundas Street West hill overlooking his mill on the bay. For some years he also owned property housing 700 residential units for employees and their families. Fires were a huge at lumber mills everywhere and despite the company’s efforts fire destroyed the original mill in 1881 and Gilmour established a full-time uniformed fire brigade consisting of 25 to 30 men and ran a steam-powered fire engine with on-site water pumping capacity.
The mill was put up for sale 1904 and closed in 1909 while the door, sash, and window factory burned down in 1911.