Keywords: Saco Water Power Machine Shop
Item 102042
Saco and Pettee Machine Shops order acknowledgment, Biddeford, 1908
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1908-02-14 Location: Biddeford; Brunswick Media: Postcard
Item 102045
Saco-Lowell Shops addition, Biddeford, 1920
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1920 Location: Biddeford Media: Postcard
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.
Exhibit
Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine
As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.
