• This smokestack was for a steam engine. Steam engines backed up the mill during low water periods.

    In 1872 a terrific explosion if a steam engine killed the Engineer.

Saline Mill Pond

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This is an old 19th Century view from the pond created by a dam downstream. Water power was important to early Michigan settlers and most of the old towns in the area were selected because their locations had rivers and water power.

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