Keywords: Topsham Paper Mill
Item 18723
Workers, Pejepscot Paper Mill, Topsham, ca. 1880
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: Topsham; Topsham Media: Photographic print
Item 18724
Pejepscot Paper Company, Topsham, 1936
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1936-03-20 Location: Topsham Media: Photographic print
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
In 1893, F.C. Whitehouse of Topsham, who owned paper mills in Topsham and Lisbon Falls, began construction of a third mill on the eastern banks of the Androscoggin River five miles north of Topsham. First, he had to build a dam to harness the river's power.
