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Once located at the end of Pond Street and the edge of the canal basin [as of 2019 the Mill Street parking lot]. The mill was first started by Samuel Carpenter in 1701 as a saw and grist mill. The Dorrance family acquired the mills in the early 1800s. In 1879, William Rogers of Bristol Township became the owner. Water from the Mill Pond (Silver Lake) was used to power the waterwheel.

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