Keywords: Dry Mills
Item 104403
Range #1 at Pepperell Mills, Biddeford, 2009
Contributed by: Biddeford Mills Museum Date: circa 1965 Location: Biddeford Media: Digital photograph
Item 9475
Old Chain Bridge, Kingfield, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: circa 1895 Location: Kingfield Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.
Exhibit
Princeton: Woods and Water Built This Town
Princeton benefited from its location on a river -- the St. Croix -- that was useful for transportation of people and lumber and for powering mills as well as on its proximity to forests.
Site Page
Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4
"… drive the steam engines of each paper machine, dry the paper, cook the pulp, and heat the buildings found a need for a new and modern steam plant."
Site Page
Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5
"… Boston, was authorized to build the first grist mill, the first saw mills and develop the water power that flows out of Lake Webb, down Webb River…"
