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Description
Pictured in front of the Island Foundry in Skowhegan are, from left, Joseph Bacon (son of W. F. Bacon); N. G. Ordway (father of W. P. Ordway); unidentified; Charles Bellmore; Seth Fletcher; Frank Murray; Johnny Roderick; Augustus Gilblair; and Warren F. Bacon.
Bacon was the proprietor for many years. This structure was taken down at the time of the building of the south dam of the Central Maine Power Company, in 1920.
About This Item
- Title: The Island Foundry, Skowhegan, ca. 1885
- Creation Date: circa 1885
- Subject Date: circa 1885
- Location: Skowhegan, Somerset County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 10.5 cm x 14 cm
- Local Code: 134_054_5
- Collection: Henry A. Wyman Collection
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Forge shops--Maine--Skowhegan
- Foundries--Maine--Skowhegan
- Laborers--Maine--Skowhegan
- Machine shops--Maine--Skowhegan
- Workshops--Maine--Skowhegan
People
- Bacon, Joseph
- Bacon, W. F.
- Bacon, Warren F.
- Bellmore, Charles
- Fletcher, Seth
- Gilblair, Agustus
- Murray, Frank
- Murray, Jennie
- Ordway, N. G.
- Ordway, W. P.
- Roderick, Johnny
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Skowhegan History House66 Elm Street, PO Box 832, Skowhegan, ME 04976
(207) 474-6632
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