On Thursday morning the historic buildings of the Phoenix Roller Mills on Dundas Street will be going under Dave Mullins’ hammer, in association with Remax Frontier properties.
The property and the machinery will be sold separately because it is believed that they will be of interest to different buyers.
On Thursday morning the historic buildings of the Phoenix Roller Mills on Dundas Street will be going under Dave Mullins’ hammer, in association with Remax Frontier properties.
The property and the machinery will be sold separately because it is believed that they will be of interest to different buyers.
The current owner of Phoenix Roller Mills, Brian Bonsor, says he is selling the buildings and equipment because they are no longer suitable for his business.
He is searching for alternative premises. The property will probably attract developers wishing to purchase prime land for commercial purposes in the centre of town.
The buyer of the property will own valuable land one block away from Church Squareand only half a block from Bathurst Street.
As the mills required water to make steam for the gas suction plant that operated eight hours per day, the building was constructed over a fresh water spring that today still yields 54 000 litres of good water daily.
The roller mills built in Ipswich, as well as the motor and the antique gas suction plant will probably be bought by any one of a number of collectors of antique machinery.
Local and foreign buyers have already expressed an interest in the equipment. A collector of old engines once offered the previous owners a modern power-plant in exchange for the old engine, but this offer was refused because the company refused to part with Old Faithful. The original mill was housed in what is today the Hill Street Public Library.
