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Description
Ernest M. Goodall, was the youngest son of Thomas and Ruth Goodall.
Born in Troy, New Hampshire on August 15, 1853 and came with his family to Sanford in 1867. When his father retired from the textile business he was promoted to president of the Sanford Mills.
He was the first president of the Sanford Light and Water Company in 1886, was president of the Mousam River Railway Company, the Sanford and Cape Porpoise Railway Company and the Atlantic Shore Line Railway Company.
Goodall also was president of the Sanford Power Company, formed to furnish electric power to the mills in Sanford with the power house at Old Falls.
Goodall was a Sanford selectman, representative to the state Legislature and a state senator.
He died in Miami, Florida, January 29, 1919 at age 65. He was buried in the family lot at Oakdale Cemetery in Sanford.
About This Item
- Title: Ernest M. Goodall, Sanford, ca. 1910
- Creation Date: circa 1910
- Subject Date: circa 1910
- Location: Sanford, York County, ME
- Media: Print from Glass Negative
- Dimensions: 24.29 cm x 19.13 cm
- Local Code: B214
- Collection: Index to the Glass Negatives
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Goodall Worsted Company
- Mousam River Railway Company
- Sanford Light and Water Company
- Municipal officials--Maine--Sanford
- Sanford Mills
- Industries--Maine--History
- Government officials--Maine--Sanford
- Sanford (Me.)--Businesses
- Business people--Maine--Sanford
- Textile industry--Maine--Sanford
- Legislators--Maine
- Goodall Industries--People
- Textile industry--Maine
- Goodall, Ernest M., 1853-1919--Portrait photographs
- Sanford and Cape Porpoise Railway Company
- Atlantic Shore Line Railway Company
- Sanford Power Company
- Cape Porpoise Land Company
- Holyoke Plush Company
- Oakdale Cemetery Association
- Maine Alpaca Company
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Sanford-Springvale Historical SocietyP. O. Box 276 505 Main Street, Springvale, ME 04083
(207) 490-1028
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