Keywords: Cotton Warp mills
Item 82069
Dana Warp Mill, Westbrook, 1893
Contributed by: Walker Memorial Library Date: 1893 Location: Westbrook Media: Photographic print
Item 82067
Dana Warp Mill, Westbrook, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Walker Memorial Library Date: circa 1895 Location: Westbrook Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Silk Manufacturing in Westbrook
Cultivation of silkworms and manufacture of silk thread was touted as a new agricultural boon for Maine in the early 19th century. However, only small-scale silk production followed. In 1874, the Haskell Silk Co. of Westbrook changed that, importing raw silk, and producing silk machine twist threat, then fabrics, until its demise in 1930.
Exhibit
Biddeford, Saco and the Textile Industry
The largest textile factory in the country reached seven stories up on the banks of the Saco River in 1825, ushering in more than a century of making cloth in Biddeford and Saco. Along with the industry came larger populations and commercial, retail, social, and cultural growth.
