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Description
Incorporated in 1864, the Worumbo Mill in Lisbon Falls quickly gained a reputation for manufacturing fine woolen cloth.
In 1956 it became a division of J.P. Steven Co. Slated to close in 1964, the town arranged financing to keep it in operation as the Lisbon Weaving Co.
About This Item
- Title: Worumbo Mill, Lisbon Falls, ca. 1882
- Creation Date: circa 1882
- Subject Date: circa 1882
- Location: Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin County, ME
- Media: Card photograph
- Dimensions: 12 cm x 18 cm
- Local Code: Photographs--Lisbon Falls
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Androscoggin River (N.H. and Me.)--Photographs
- J.P. Steven Co. (Me.)--Photographs
- Lisbon Weaving Co. (Me.)--Photographs
- Textile industry--Maine--Lisbon Falls
- Wool industry--Maine--Lisbon Falls
- Worumbo Mill (Me.)--Photographs
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