The buildings were either vacated or demolished, the railroad trestle that served the mills was demolished, and the former mill canal and mill ruins were filled in with gravel.
The Manitoba line had two lines leading to the Red River Valley, giving it access to wheat-growing regions, and it served several mills in Minneapolis.
But generations of men and women still lined up to serve the mill, many of them quitting school to take their places beside its machines.
Built to serve the mill workers once so numerous in this part of town, the church fell into disrepair after the workers left and, in 1986, its often vandalised doors closed for ever behind the last departing parishioners.
The line continues past the closed Vold Station, which was built to serve a mill, to Skatval, through which the line makes a semi-circular detour.
The Kent and East Sussex Railway closed to passengers on 2 January 1954 and to freight on 12 June 1962, except a short section serving a mill at Robertsbridge which closed on 1 January 1970.
He coordinated all ac tivities of National's textile divi sion, which comprises Beacon and the Inwood Knitting Mills, Inc. Earlier, he had served Can non Mills, Inc., for 21 years in several sales and mer chandising positions.
His lanky assistant, Jeff Collins, 40, used to work on a rail line that served a paper mill, not far from his home in Watertown.
A native of Dedham, Mass., Mr. Mill served in the Army Air Forces during World War II, retiring with the rank of captain.
From 1790 to 1794 Mill served young Wilhelmina Stuart not only as a teacher but as a companion and confidant.
