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Item 5914

Train southbound at Hiram, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Hiram Media: Albumen print

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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.