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Description
Twelve by twenty-four foot radial gate for holding back the water flow at paper mills. The gates were lifted by gate winches. The Portland Company manufactured metal products for paper companies, railroads, ships, etc from 1845 to 1982.
About This Item
- Title: Radial gate manufactured at the Portland Company, ca. 1900
- Creation Date: circa 1900
- Subject Date: circa 1900
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photoprint
- Local Code: Coll. 242, Box 40a
- Collection: Portland Company records
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Gates
- Iron and steel industries
- Manufacturing industries--Maine--Portland
- Metalworking industries--Maine--Portland
- Paper industry
- Papermaking industry--Equipment
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
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