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Kings Mill was a thriving community into the early 1900s. Its principle industry was a sawmill located southwest of the railroad station. Kings Mill also boasted a general store, gas station and a large flour mill. The Kings Mill station (left) served the Pontiac, Oxford & Northern until the 1920s when it was moved to an unknown destination. Today, the town is served by a small grocery/variety store across the street from the old gas station now used as a storage facility.
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Kings Mill lies between Bad Axe and Grindstone City on the PH&N RR. Focal points include a large grain elevator and storage facility, RR station and lumber/sawmill track,all serviced by the railroad. Structures were fabricated using a foam core base covered with the appropriate siding material. Walls were fashioned from basswood board & batten siding and the roof made up of styrene strips. Photo by Brooks Stover
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Roof and sides of the storage shed were covered with heavy paper printed to simulate corrugated steel siding. Doors were fashioned from strip wood, the windows are from Grandt Line.
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(Left) A NYC box car being set out in front of the Farmers Co-op for unloading. (Above) GTW Caboose #77168 is parked on the PH&N main during the routine switching moves. Photos by David Held
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(Right) PH&N Consolidation, #406, passes by the Kings Mill Elevator (behind the trees on the right) with a local freight headed for Bad Axe and the towns south. Sidings on the left access the Grindstone City Yard.