Board Street

Once leading down to the Vance House (later converted into the Waterdown South Railway Station) as well as Will Reid’s barn, Board Street was also the site of several small mills between 1835 and 1910. The coming of the railway through the Grindstone Creek valley forced these mills to close as the creek was rerouted to the west side of the valley and the railroad followed much of the original creek bed. Board Street led to the busy Waterdown South Rail station after the railroad opened in 1912.