Keywords: Grist mills
Item 14982
Grist Mill Store, Hampden, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Hampden Media: Photographic print
Item 80824
Grist and saw mills on the Upper Falls, Rumford, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Greater Rumford Area Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Rumford Media: Photographic print
Item 54932
791 Forest Avenue, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Leonard E. Clark Use: Mill - Grist
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Jay & Livermore Falls, Pioneers in Paper Making
Alvin Record and Hugh J. Chisholm were instrumental in building paper mills in Jay, Livermore, and Livermore Falls. The two industrialists helped make the towns prosperous.
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Shepard Cary: Lumberman, Legislator, Leader and Legend
Shepard Cary (1805-1866) was one of the leading -- and wealthiest -- residents of early Aroostook County. He was a lumberman, merchant, mill operator, and legislator.
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Farmington's First Grist Mill
"The grist mill allowed the first crops of wheat and corn to be milled into flour, which greatly increased the kinds of food the settlers ate, as well…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4
"… and shingles, shovel handles, grains from the grist mills, cheese and starch making facilities, and wool carding products."
