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Description
Pepperell Manufacturing Company was a cotton textile mill which operated at the Saco River falls in Biddeford for 100 years from 1849-1949. The company was named after Sir William Pepperell, a Maine soldier and merchant. Pepperell made sheeting and blankets many of which were shipped to Asian countries. Pepperell still exists today in some form due to mergers.
A slasher is a sizing machine used in cotton manufacturing.
About This Item
- Title: Pepperell Workers-Slashers. ca. 1900
- Creation Date: circa 1900
- Subject Date: circa 1900
- Location: Biddeford, York County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 13.97 cm x 20.32 cm
- Local Code: 1170
- Object Type: Image
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- Mills
- Pepperell Manufacturing Company
- Textile Industry--Maine--Biddeford
- Textile machinery
- Textile mill workers--Maine
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