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Contributed by Westport Island History Committee

Description

Lin Rideout (left), forester for Pejepscot Paper Company, Edwin Cromwell (middle), sawmill owner from Westport Island, and Bill Wright (right), owner of a pulpwood trucking business from Woolwich, survey a fire lane on MacMahan Island. MacMahan Island is situated in the Sheepscot River between Westport and Georgetown.

They cut the fire lane from east to west to separate cottages from forested land. Cromwell (1908-2001) ran the sawmill that carried out this operation. His mill operated in the 1940s and 1950s on Westport Island. The lumber harvested from the MacMahan operation was used to make pulp for paper production at the Pejepscot Paper Company.

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About This Item

• Title: Forestry fire lane, MacMahan Island, 1957
• Creator: Maine Forest Service
• Creation Date: 1957-05-16
• Subject Date: 1957-05-16
• Locations:
  • MacMahan Island, Sagadahoc County, ME
  • Westport Island, Lincoln County, ME
• Media: Photographic print
• Dimensions: 20.5 cm x 25.25 cm
• Local Code: CromEdw.Photo.4.1957
• Collection: Edwin Cromwell Family Collection
• Object Type: Image

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Cross Reference Searches

Standardized Subject Headings

• Lumber industry--Maine--MacMahan Island
• Sawmills--Maine--MacMahan Island
• Westport Island (Me.)
• Machinery
• Pejepscot Paper Company
• Loggers

People

• Cromwell, Edwin R
• Rideout, Linwood
• Wright, William T

Other Keywords

• Forestry
• Logging
• Lumber
• Paper companies
• Pulp mills
• Slash

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For more information about this item, contact:

Westport Island History Committee
6 Fowles Point Road, Westport Island, ME 04578
(207) 882-8477
Website

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