Eighteenth-Century Grist Mill Site

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

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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