History of Dights Falls By J_L_D 1803 Charles Grimes led his survey party on a river expedition to Dights Falls 1835 Melbourne settled 1839 John Dight purchased Melbourne block 88 for £481 1840 John Dight notified his customers that he was going to Port Phillip 1841 The first steam powered flour mill was constructed in Melbourne 1864 The Dight Family abandon flour milling 1878 Property is sold to Edwin Trennery 1888 Original riverbank mill no longer unoccupied 1891 Enterprise sold to the Melbourne Flour Milling Company 1895 Timber structure was built to provide water to the Melbourne Flour Milling Company 1909 Mill changed hands for the last time in 1909 before being destroyed by a fire 1918 The first documented reconstruction activity occurred Dec 24, 1940 Weir was breached 1967 Further breach of weir after heavy rainfall 1968 Original timber piles capped by concrete 1993 Melbourne Water constructed a rock fishway to allow fish migration 2012 Dights Falls Weir Reconstruction
