Then it became the Carrothers Rolling Mill and subsequently the Wetherald Mill. It employed between 40 and 80 men and produced 30 tons a day. It was a round chain mill and also turned out bar iron in flat strips, as well as buggy and wagon iron. Associated in the rolling mill business at times were Dr. Anson Hurd, John A. Scott, E.T. Dunn and Jasper G. Hull, all well-known Findlay business and professional men. They have been scraped into a small pile.
Many nails are among the scraps.
The Belt Line touched the mill and its supplies came in over the road and its products left via the line. The Salem Wire Nail Mill, located at the foot of Santee Avenue, had previously been the Wetherald and Dewey Mill in 1888 and 1889. Three thousand kegs of nails were turned out in 24 hours, amounting to 60 carloads weekly. This was too much capital for the firm and it closed.