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Description
The Pepperell and Laconia mills hugged the Biddeford side of the Saco River, and on the Saco side, the York Mill stood on Factory Island.
In the early years of the mills they celebrated the lighting of the lamps for the dark winter season with a "Lighting Up Ball"; likewise there was a "Blowing Out Ball" in the spring.
This postcard referred to the bridge from which this view was taken as the Saco Bridge, although it was more generally known as the Main Street Bridge.
About This Item
- Title: Night view of textile mills and river, Biddeford and Saco, ca. 1910
- Creation Date: circa 1910
- Subject Date: circa 1910
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Locations:
- Biddeford, York County, ME
- Factory Island, Saco, York County, ME
- Media: Postcard
- Dimensions: 9 cm x 14 cm
- Local Code: bidmil020
- Collection: General Postcard Collection
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Buildings--Maine--Biddeford
- Foundries--Maine--Biddeford
- Laconia Mills
- Machine shops--Maine--Biddeford
- Pepperell Manufacturing Company
- Pepperell Mills
- Saco River (N.H. and Me.)
- Textile industry--Maine--Biddeford
- Textile machinery
- York Mill
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