Initiated by Louis Levy and Abraham Cohen, Cohen & Levy's Flour Mill became operational in 1867, becoming our third Mill.
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It was built on land accessing Fitzroy Street, now occupied by our War Memorial Town Hall.
The Mill was close to the nearby Cohen & Levy Store in Peel Street, with the horse-drawn flour traffic exit being through a rear lane into Peel Street alongside the Store.
The initial flourmiller was George Fielder, who went on to establish various local milling businesses over the years.
Mill and Store manager Abraham Cohen was highly regarded in the Tamworth community, partly due to his generous support of local institutions such as the Mechanic's Institute and Tamworth Hospital.
The newly established 1869 Phoenix Flour Mill, located in lower White Street, later became a significant rival to the Cohen & Levy Mill.
Only 13 years after the first 1880 regular telephone service in Australia, the Cohen & Levy Mill had one of the earliest telephone connections in Tamworth.
In 1932 Tamworth Municipal Council bought the vacated flourmill building, which was then demolished, leading to the construction of our third Town Hall, the War Memorial Town Hall, which opened in 1934.
