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Day at the Franklin Cider Mill
7450 Franklin Rd. • Bloomfield Hills, MI • October
27, 2009
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BY MICHELE KOTLARSKY / ©AMERICAJR.com
Franklin
Cider Mill is located at 7450 Franklin Road in Bloomfield Hills,
Mich.

PHOTO
BY MICHELE KOTLARSKY / ©AMERICAJR.com
Funny
shaped gords

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BY MICHELE KOTLARSKY / ©AMERICAJR.com
Pumpkins
and apples

PHOTO
BY MICHELE KOTLARSKY / ©AMERICAJR.com

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BY MICHELE KOTLARSKY / ©AMERICAJR.com
In
1837, the year Michigan became a state, this mill was completed
after having been under construction for about three years. The
building was started by Ed W. Matthews who had come from New York,
and had purchased a large tract of land around where the mill
is now located.

PHOTO
BY MICHELE KOTLARSKY / ©AMERICAJR.com
The
original water wheel was an "undershot" type, and
was probably made almost entirely of wood. The present water
wheel, one of the largest in the country, was installed soon
after the turn of the century.
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