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Tide-Mill

Essex County · dedicated 1930 · Lincoln Avenue, Saugus · location approximate

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Benjamin Potter, Jacob Newhall and William Curtis were granted the privilege of conducting a tide mill at the bridge at East Saugus 1721. On this site in 1722 Thomas Cheever and Ebenezer Merriam built a mill for grinding corn.

1930 text, presented as a historical document.

Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library

Marker data: Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission, 1930 (Commonwealth of Massachusetts)

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