Keywords: Old Town Woolen Company Mill
Item 70078
The dam and Woolen Mills, Old Town, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Old Town Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 31045
Flood and Steel Bridge, Guilford, 1936
Contributed by: Guilford Historical Society Date: 1936 Location: Guilford Media: Photographic print
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.
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.
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Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3
"… Society In 1917, Herbert Gray of Old Town Woolen Company purchased the south side mill and continued to make improvements, becoming well known for…"
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Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 2 of 2
"That was just offices. M.L. Hussey Woolen Company Mill, Guilford, 1918Guilford Historical Society The additions made in 1943 and 1991 were made…"
