Old Sheave Tower Tea Light
A bit of Waterloo Heritage
“Absolutely magical . . . a jewel in the midst of a beautiful wetland!” That is how an heritage architect described it.
Built by Allan Bowman in 1876, the Sheave Tower, 31’ tall, is the oldest hydro-generating system in Ontario.
Water from Blair Creek ran through the sluice and turned a vertical turbine shaped like a corkscrew, producing15 additional kW of power for the Blair Mill across the road, which once ground corn for Schneider’s pea meal bacon.
Long a magnet for artists, this image has been brushed onto a canvas by almost every local painter.
Old Sheave Tower is now available as a memento of Waterloo Region, just in time for Christmas gifting!
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