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"Yates is one of our favorite Fall bike ride destinations from Lapeer. There's lots of scenic backroads framed in October trees with plenty of cider & donuts waiting at the end of your ride. Get your fellow bikers together and ride over to Yates and make it a Fall tradition."
Mike - Lapeer, MI |
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What is that train track behind the
mill? That is used for our apple pulp train car!
After all the juice is squeezed out of the apples,
the dried up bunch of apple bits that are left
is what we call apple pulp. From the press, each blanketful
of apple pulp is dumped into one of these cars. Once
the car is full, it follows the tracks from
underneath the mill, up the hill and outside
where it is dumped and ready to be hauled away.
Watch the gates close and the Railroad Crossing Sign
lights will flash and the bell will ring! Then you will
know the apple pulp cars are on their way! On a busy
weekend, the pulp car is emptied a couple times a day,
usually later in the afternoon.
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