Keywords: Loom Picker Company
Item 102044
Loom Picker Company order, Biddeford, 1896
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1896-02-11 Location: Biddeford; Saco Media: Postcard
Item 31800
Loom Picker Company, Biddeford, ca. 1873
Contributed by: An individual through Biddeford Historical Society Date: 1873 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
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.