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Contributed by Westport Island History Committee

Description

A load of pulp wood arrives at the south end of Westport Island from a timber harvesting operation on MacMahan Island. The timber harvesting was over a year-long operation to complete a defensible fire lane that spanned the width of MacMahan Island.

Edwin Cromwell (pictured far right) confers with the Pejepscot Paper Mill forester, Lin Rideout (center), and Herbert Brewer (left) as the pulp is guided up a loader for transport to the paper mill in Topsham. Al Lester is in the water guiding the logs into the loader.

Edwin Cromwell, owner of the Thick and Thin sawmill on Westport, conducted this pulping operation for the Pejepscot Paper Mill.

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About This Item

• Title: Load of pulp arrives, Westport Island, 1957
• Creator: Maine Forest Service
• Creation Date: 1957-05-16
• Subject Date: 1957-05-16
• Locations:
  • Westport Island, Lincoln County, ME
  • MacMahan Island, Sagadahoc County, ME
• Media: Photographic print
• Dimensions: 20.5 cm x 25.2 cm
• Local Code: CromEdw.Photo.8.1957
• Collection: Edwin Cromwell Family Collection
• Object Type: Image

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Standardized Subject Headings

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

People

• Brewer, Herbert
• Cromwell, Edwin R
• Lester, Albert
• Rideout, Linwood

Other Keywords

• Boats
• Booms
• logging
• logging chutes
• Logs
• Lumberjacks
• pulp
• Skiffs
• Timber industry
• Wood

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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
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