Keywords: Mill worker
Item 18723
Workers, Pejepscot Paper Mill, Topsham, ca. 1880
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: Topsham Media: Photographic print
Item 25228
Mill workers during the lunch hour on Main Street, Biddeford, 1912
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1912 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
In 1893, F.C. Whitehouse of Topsham, who owned paper mills in Topsham and Lisbon Falls, began construction of a third mill on the eastern banks of the Androscoggin River five miles north of Topsham. First, he had to build a dam to harness the river's power.
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.
Site Page
Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill
"Many of us followed the workers to the mill and there was John MacGregor, smiling at the door, holding an envelope for each man."
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill
"Row House, Hallowell, ca. 1935 Hallowell mill workers lived in The Row House on Second Street. Hubbard Free Library The Cotton Mill's main textile…"
Story
My 41 year career in Maine paper mills
by Mike Luciano
Generations of paper workers, families, immigrants, jobs in the mill, labor strikes, and changes
Story
My career working at Pepperell Mills in the Vellux Division
by David Bishop
My 35 years working in the Vellux blanket division of Pepperell Mills, Biddeford.
