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The Past photograph shows the Sixmilewater river flowing past on your right and was the major source of power to the mills in the area. In the distance you can see one of the mills, a Paper Mill was the first in 1776 followed by a Brewery in 1807, then a Corn Mill in the 1800's. There used to be here a House of Correction and stocks. By 1850 it had become the centre of the linen industry when Boals of Ballymena built a linen mill on the site of the paper mill. Taken over by the Lamonts of Ballymena who operated it into the late 20th century.