Wednesday marks the last day to hear the mill's iconic whistle

May 23—CANTON — Noon Wednesday will mark a historic moment — and a low point — in Canton when the last mill whistle will sound in the community.

The whistle was installed in 1908 to signal mill workers, many of whom didn't have clocks back then, that it was time to go to work, take a lunch break and go home.

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