Contributed by Dyer Library/Saco Museum
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Description
This picture depicts Cataract Falls and the old gristmill at right on the original Pepperell Mill site in the early 1900s.
The gristmill contained four runs of stones, two bolting machines, and a corn and plaster mill. It was the last of its kind to survive on the Saco River until it was torn down in 1917.
About This Item
- Title: Gristmill and Cataract Falls, Saco, ca. 1900
- Creation Date: circa 1900
- Subject Date: circa 1900
- Location: Saco, York County, ME
- Media: Glass negative
- Dimensions: 12.7 cm x 17.58 cm
- Local Code: PH.GN.AR5.1
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Pepperell Manufacturing Company--History
- Mills--Maine--Saco
- Saco River (N.H. and Me.)
- Rivers--Maine
- Flour & meal industry--Maine--Saco
- Waterfalls--Maine--Saco
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Dyer Library/Saco Museum371 Main Street, Saco, ME 04072
207-283-3861
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