Saeger's Mill was built in 1828 along the Lehigh Canal in the same year it was opened. It used water power purchased from the Lehigh Canal and Navigation Company, the owners of the canal. Originally a grist mill, in 1882 it was modified and steel rollers were installed to make finer flower. The mill straddled the canal a short distance below the Hamilton Street Dam, and a covered bridge allowed the company to use both banks of the canal. In the photo, which is looking southward, a sign advertising the use of anthracite coal, for which the canal had been developed to transport is on the side of the building.