Keywords: Skowhegan Manufacturing Company
Item 9059
Maine Spinning Company mill, Skowhegan, ca. 1925
Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1925 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print
Item 36010
Parade float nearHeselton House, Skowhegan, 1892
Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: 1892 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
The Swinging Bridge: Walking Across the Androscoggin
Built in 1892 to entice workers at the Cabot Manufacturing Corporation in Brunswick to move to newly built housing in Topsham, the Androscoggin Pedestrian "Swinging" Bridge or Le Petit Pont quickly became important to many people traveling between the two communities.
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.
Site Page
Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area
"A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area by Lee Granville Near the border of Skowhegan lies a fertile piece of land along the Kennebec and Sandy Rivers."
Site Page
New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village
"… and is located about twenty miles Northwest from Skowhegan. The North Village is located on Gilman Stream, which is about two miles from it's…"
Story
My 40 years in Forestry and the Paper Industry in Maine
by Donna Cassese
I was the first female forester hired by Scott Paper and continue to find new uses for wood.
