Keywords: Ossippee
Item 5914
Train southbound at Hiram, ca. 1870
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Hiram Media: Albumen 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.
