Eighteenth-Century Grist Mill Site

Eighteenth-Century Grist Mill Site is a Michigan historical marker in Grosse Ile, Wayne County, dedicated 1965.

7801 Horse Mill Road, Grosse Ile

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From 1787 until about 1840 a horse-driven gristmill occupied the triangle of land north of Horsemill Road bounded by the river and Thorofare [sic]. Ten acres were cleared and enclosed as meadows for the mill horses. Equipped with “a pair of Stones 3 feet 3 inches in diameter,” the mill was erected by William Macomb at a cost of 628 British pounds. He also maintained a “Cyder Press” near the shore and a shipping wharf.

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Historical maps covering this location

1794 · A new and general map of the middle dominions belonging to the United States of America… (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1804 · Ohio. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1812 · Ohio. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1815 · Map of Detroit River and Adjacent Country. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1844 · Chart Of Detroit River, From Lake Erie To Lake St. Slair (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Map of Detroit River and Adjacent Country, 1815, covering the location of Eighteenth-Century Grist Mill Site, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Map of Detroit River and Adjacent Country, 1815, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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