Roadside Refreshment

For generations, this Northville landmark has offered water from an artesian well. By 1913, city residents enjoyed its cold spring water, and visitors came to fill their bottles. Across the nearby railroad tracks, the Silver Springs Water Company bottled water from the same source in the 1920s and sold it throughout the region and on passing trains. When the water mysteriously stopped running in the 1960s, Northville's Rotary Club sank a well to restore the sparkling flow and has supported the site ever since, even after the water was switched to the Detroit water system. The hills and springs that give Northville its character were left by glaciers thousands of years ago.

Northville, Michigan · United States