Keywords: Portsmouth Manufacturing Company
Item 101798
Boys at Quamphegan Landing, South Berwick, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Old Berwick Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: South Berwick Media: Photographic print
Item 108722
Birds-eye view of the cities of Biddeford & Saco, 1875
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1875 Location: Biddeford; Saco Media: ink on paper
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.
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.
