The Canadian Directory of Water Towers and Standpipes is sponsored by "Understanding Your Home" Smiths Falls - Eastern Ontario Photo © Mark Visser Tower Information Location: Old Mill Road @ Confederation Drive Signage: Smith Falls Chocolate Capital of Canada (L) Built: around the mid 1960s ------- After the Hershey Chocolate plant closed the tower was repainted (R) in November, 2011 at a cost of $170,000. It has the Smiths Falls logo, which shows water gushing through the Rideau locks, and the slogan, “Heart of the Rideau Canal.”       Area information Smiths Falls is a town in Eastern Ontario. The Rideau Canal waterway passes through the town, with four separate locks in three locations and a combined lift of over 15 metres (50 ft). The town is named after Thomas Smyth, a United Empire Loyalist who in 1786 was granted 400 acres (1.6 km2) in what is present-day Smiths Falls. In the 1850s the major railway companies were looking to build main trunk lines linking Toronto, Kingston and Montreal. The two major companies at the time, the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Grand Trunk Railway, were competing for the easiest routes to lay track. Wikipedia Other sites you may be interested in USA Water Towers and Standpipes Magnetic Hills: USA, CA, Worldwide Thumbnail Collection of USA Water Towers The History of the Christian Fish Symbol   Home Ontario - S Index