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Description
This paper company in Bucksport, Maine used steel-crafted equipment from the Portland Company. This mill was projected to produce 270 tons of newsprint a day using 100,000,000 kilowatt hours of electricity per year. At the turn of the 19th century, the Portland Company of Portland, Maine was creating equipment for power plants and paper companies.
About This Item
- Title: Maine Seaboard Paper Co. plant construction, ca. 1920
- Creation Date: circa 1920
- Subject Date: circa 1920
- Location: Bucksport, Hancock County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 9 cm x 14 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 242, Box 40/3
- Collection: Portland Company records
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Maine Seaboard Paper Co.--Construction--Photographs
- Portland Co. (Me.)
- Steel industry--Maine--Portland
- Paper industry--Maine--Bucksport
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