Dictionary of Sydney

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John Booth's Steam Saw Mills

Steam driven saw mill on the Balmain shoreline east of Booth Street which was destroyed in a dramatic fire in 1874 and then rebuilt. The mill had machinery to produce up to 200,000 feet of timber per week which was used for shipbuilding and general joinery.

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Milestone
Constructed
1854
Destroyed
1874
Constructed
1875 - 1876
Closed
1902
Property
Owned by
1854 - 1898
Owned by
1912 - 1926
Type