Search Results

Keywords: Topsham mill

Historical Items

View All Showing 2 of 40 Showing 3 of 40

Item 18723

Workers, Pejepscot Paper Mill, Topsham, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: Topsham Media: Photographic print

Item 22718

Great Freshet, Topsham, 1896

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1896-03-02 Location: 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

Online Exhibits

View All Showing 2 of 15 Showing 3 of 15

Exhibit

Powering Pejepscot Paper Co.

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.

Exhibit

Making Paper, Making Maine

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

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.

Site Pages

View All Showing 2 of 5 Showing 3 of 5

Site Page

Early Maine Photography - Occupational Photography

"Born in Topsham, James Fulton Patten (1800-1883) lived much of his life in nearby Bath, from where he sailed vessels built by his brothers George and…"

Site Page

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 4 of 6

"… substantiate company land claims, and the roads, mills, and meetinghouses they built helped make the rest of the proprietors’ tracts more appealing…"

Site Page

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"William lived with the Porters in Topsham until 1800 when he married Ann Frazier of Boston and relocated to Bath."