Keywords: Kennebec Pulp Company
Item 9048
Pulp Mill, Skowhegan, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1900 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print
Item 9000
South side, Kennebec River, from Skowhegan Island, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1910 Location: Skowhegan 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
Sagadahoc County through the Eastern Eye
The Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast, Maine. employed photographers who traveled by company vehicle through New England each summer, taking pictures of towns and cities, vacation spots and tourist attractions, working waterfronts and local industries, and other subjects postcard recipients might enjoy. The cards were printed by the millions in Belfast into the 1940s.
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Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area
"By 1853 this company processed more than 128 million feed of logs. The river drive in later years transported great quantities of long logs, and…"
