mill race fountain: The Mill Race Fountain in Downtown Battle Creek
- 06/19/10 01:25 AM
The Mill Race Fountain in downtown Battle Creek is a popular local attraction. It symbolizes a rich history of milling that founded the City in the early 1800's. When pioneer Sands McCamly first visited Battle Creek around 1830, he discovered that the confluence of the Battle Creek and Kalamazoo river in what is now downtown Battle Creek, was the ideal spot to build a mill race. What is a mill race? A mill race is essentially a man-made channel between two rivers or bodies of water, ideally with one body of water on a slightly higher plain than the other (as … (6 comments)
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The Mill Race Fountain in downtown Battle Creek is a popular local attraction. It symbolizes a rich history of milling that founded the City in the early 1800's. 
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