So the last several days have been kind of slow, but we did have the opportunity to meet the owners of the Meridian in the next slip. The couple lives in Ottawa, the husband is the retired from the RCMP and the wife is an active judge in the Canadian 
Federal Court of Appeals. Joanne was very familiar with the “Women are Persons” statues and legal implications and had several of her summer legal clerks come for an outing on their boat. They were very kind to loan us their car for a trip into Manotick about 10 miles down the road.
In Manotick, we saw the Long Island Mill which is a five story lumber building cantilevered over the river. The mill began operation in 1860 with four sets of mill stones totally powered by the five water driven turbines manufactured in Ottawa. These turbines under the mill had water from the river funneled through them turning the fan-like rotor inside. The turning rotor moved the pulleys for the energy of all the machinery inside the building. In 1862, a woolen mill was added to the industrial complex and in 1875 the Canada Bung, Plug and Spile Factory was built across the river. (A bung is a wooden stopper for a barrel). The factory was powered by a 3 inch steel cable running out of a third floor window, turned by the water power of a sixth turbine in the grist mill.
This seems to be some historical questions, since the historical marker outside called this the Long Island Mill, but over the door the sign called it Watson’s Mill even though someone named Dickinson had it built and owned a saw mill and his house next door. All five floors were open for visitors, and they told us that on Sunday’s they actually run the grinding process for the visitors using the turbines just like it did over 100 years ago. We climbed the old well worn plank treads up the stairs and saw the gears and pulleys amidst the huge timbers that all still work. There was also a large period piece spinning wheel labeled “Do not touch me” and a bin of muslin flour bags for sale.
We also took advantage of the car to go to the grocery store in Manotick and found our way to
Robinsons Independent grocer. I was very interested in their use of technology in that they were using large digital displays to socialize their customers while shopping. While it might run ads at 
time, it was showing the news and weather when I saw it. This is one of the industry trends that I see increasing the use of compute power in the retail store, so it was interesting to see in this independently owned small town shop.
Federal Court of Appeals. Joanne was very familiar with the “Women are Persons” statues and legal implications and had several of her summer legal clerks come for an outing on their boat. They were very kind to loan us their car for a trip into Manotick about 10 miles down the road.In Manotick, we saw the Long Island Mill which is a five story lumber building cantilevered over the river. The mill began operation in 1860 with four sets of mill stones totally powered by the five water driven turbines manufactured in Ottawa. These turbines under the mill had water from the river funneled through them turning the fan-like rotor inside. The turning rotor moved the pulleys for the energy of all the machinery inside the building. In 1862, a woolen mill was added to the industrial complex and in 1875 the Canada Bung, Plug and Spile Factory was built across the river. (A bung is a wooden stopper for a barrel). The factory was powered by a 3 inch steel cable running out of a third floor window, turned by the water power of a sixth turbine in the grist mill.
This seems to be some historical questions, since the historical marker outside called this the Long Island Mill, but over the door the sign called it Watson’s Mill even though someone named Dickinson had it built and owned a saw mill and his house next door. All five floors were open for visitors, and they told us that on Sunday’s they actually run the grinding process for the visitors using the turbines just like it did over 100 years ago. We climbed the old well worn plank treads up the stairs and saw the gears and pulleys amidst the huge timbers that all still work. There was also a large period piece spinning wheel labeled “Do not touch me” and a bin of muslin flour bags for sale.We also took advantage of the car to go to the grocery store in Manotick and found our way to
Robinsons Independent grocer. I was very interested in their use of technology in that they were using large digital displays to socialize their customers while shopping. While it might run ads at 
time, it was showing the news and weather when I saw it. This is one of the industry trends that I see increasing the use of compute power in the retail store, so it was interesting to see in this independently owned small town shop. 
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