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Town Council 1896 Robt. H. Josh . . . . . . . . . Mayor G. T. Mille . . . . . . . . . Reeve Thos Venner E. A. Doolittle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deputies C. E. Grant . . . . . . . . . Clerk		Ragged Rapids About 1910 Dr. Gilchrist Herbert Cook Mrs. Gilchrist
These picture require little comment. Reference is made herein to individual members of the Council. The lower picture is of the Ragged Rapids Dam erected about 1910, replacing the former dams which met with a series of disasters because of the lack of knowledge in hydraulic engineering. Many of the lessons from the Orillia experience were used later by the Hydro. The dam of about 1910 was erected by the Curran Construction Company, probably the forerunner of Curran and Brigs. This dam was a concrete dam which about 1918, with the construction by the Government of the Swift Rapids dam necessitated because of the requirements of the waterway, was blown up and destroyed. Reference will be made hereafter. In this picture the principles are well-known. Dr. Gilchrest was a very well-known Orillia doctor. In the foreground are Mrs. W. S. Frost and her sister.