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Construction of the paper mill began in 1867 with the first paper being produced in 1868. This particular building housed the power generation facilities for the mill.
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The company originally went into business to supply the Chicago Tribune.
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The dam was a gravity dam. In the 1980's, the land was bought by Ypsilanti and converted to a park. Unfortunately, it's a park that you only want to visit in the daytime.
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And overall shot of the dam and building. The paper mill was torn down in 2000 and the land converted to apartment buildings. They retain the Peninsular name though.
2 comments:
Have I said a hundred times how f-ing cold it is there???? Nice pictures though. I like the old sign. Nostalgic.
I know how cold it is here....I think somewhere there is a picture of that...:)
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