Hall's Mills on Thames River floodplain

It was almost two hundred years ago that Cyrenius Hall, born in New Hampshire in 1788, bought the small gristmill and dam across the Thames River. Despite his Yankee roots, Hall worked for the British forces during the War of 1812. Later, Hall added a distillery and tannery to the mill complex. Owing to his many enterprises, the area became known as Hall's Mills and the area still carries the name today. The mill and dam though are both now gone.

Hall sold the gristmill in 1848 and just in time as severe flooding along the Thames River damaged both the dam and the mill in 1851. The mill was repaired, changed hands a number of times and was slowly enlarged until by the early 1870s it was a full two storeys high and producing 100 bushels a day.

In 1883, the Thames River flooded again, severeing damaged the mill. It was repaired with improvements but a fire in 1907 closed the mill temporarily. Once more, it was rebuilt and operated for another couple of decades before be closed and dismantled. The remains were carried away in the Thames River flood of 1937.