Keywords: Saw mill
Item 102013
Charles Colby's saw mill, Westport Island, 1908
Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1908 Location: Westport island Media: Photographic print
Item 16464
Higgins Saw Mill, Somesville, 1890
Contributed by: Southwest Harbor Public Library Date: 1890 Location: Somesville Media: Photographic print
Item 93816
Assessor's Record, Mill and Band Saw, Brown's Wharf, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: F. E. Irwin Lumber Company Use: Mill and Band Saw
Exhibit
Jay & Livermore Falls, Pioneers in Paper Making
Alvin Record and Hugh J. Chisholm were instrumental in building paper mills in Jay, Livermore, and Livermore Falls. The two industrialists helped make the towns prosperous.
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.
Site Page
Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill
"The sawmill engaged in sawing lumber for various reasons, one being sawing white birch for spool bars."
Site Page
Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2
"… be, enough to run the three saws in the two saw mills for five years. In the beginning, all the lumber was used in Lincoln for homes, barns…"
Story
It was like a family in the mill
by Arnold R. Couture
I saw a lot of changes at the International Paper Otis Mill during my 26 years as an electrician
Story
If you wanted a good job, the mill was the place to be.
by Brent Gay
Changes in the paper industry, labor strikes, and the community around International Paper's mills
