Contributed by Yarmouth Historical Society
Description
The Forest Paper Company in Yarmouth stockpiled thousands of cords of poplar for its soda pulp mill. The mill opened in 1872 and was purchased by S.D. Warren and George W. Hammond in 1874, when its name was changed from Yarmouth Paper Co. to Forest Paper Co.
Sitting between the Royal River and East Elm street, trestles and tracks were built to transport the four-foot logs to the mill.
About This Item
- Title: Poplar, Forest Paper Co., Yarmouth, ca. 1880
- Creation Date: circa 1880
- Subject Date: circa 1880
- Location: Third Falls, Yarmouth, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 12 cm x 17 cm
- Local Code: 1997.46.1
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Logs--Transportation
- Rivers--Maine
- Royal River (Me.)
- Sawmills--Maine--Yarmouth
- Railroad bridges--Maine--Yarmouth
- Paper industry
- Lumber industry--Maine--Yarmouth
- Trestles--Maine--Yarmouth
- Forest Paper Company (Yarmouth, Me.)
- Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada--Maine--Yarmouth
- Railroads--Maine--Yarmouth
- Railroad shops & yards--Maine--Yarmouth
- Logyards--Maine--Yarmouth
- Poplar--Maine
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Yarmouth Historical Society118 East Elm St., PO Box 107, Yarmouth, ME 04096
(207) 846-6259
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