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Description
This photograph was taken in Biddeford on Factory Island during the construction of the Boiler House for Saco-Pettee. Saco-Pettee was a producer of high quality textile machinery beginning in the 1880s. In 1912 Saco-Pettee merged with the Lowell Machine Shop creating the Saco-Lowell Shops. The Saco-Lowell Shops became the largest textile machinery company in the country. Saco-Lowell is still in operation today in South Carolina.
About This Item
- Title: Saco-Pettee Boiler House Construction, Biddeford, 1911
- Creation Date: 1911-11-09
- Subject Date: 1911-11-09
- Location: Factory Island, Biddeford, York County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 17.78 cm x 22.86 cm
- Local Code: P-82
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Foundries--Maine--Biddeford
- Saco-Lowell Foundry
- Textile industry--Maine--Biddeford
- Textile machinery
- Saco-Pettee
- Construction workers
- Construction equipment
- Construction
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207-283-3861
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