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Historical Items

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Item 71600

Sebasticook Woolen Mill, Pittsfield, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Pittsfield Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 70078

The dam and Woolen Mills, Old Town, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Old Town Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 33762

Hussey's Woolen Mill, Guilford, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Guilford Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Guilford Media: Photographic print

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 111580

Galen C. Moses house, Bath, 1901

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1901 Location: Bath Client: Galen C. Moses Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Online Exhibits

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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.

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Silk Manufacturing in Westbrook

Cultivation of silkworms and manufacture of silk thread was touted as a new agricultural boon for Maine in the early 19th century. However, only small-scale silk production followed. In 1874, the Haskell Silk Co. of Westbrook changed that, importing raw silk, and producing silk machine twist threat, then fabrics, until its demise in 1930.

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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 Pages

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Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"… Woolen on the north side, and Guilford Woolen Mills Company was created, combining the ownership into one firm."

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Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 2 of 2

"That was just offices. M.L. Hussey Woolen Company Mill, Guilford, 1918Guilford Historical Society The additions made in 1943 and 1991 were made…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 1 of 2

"… Falls Light and Water Company, Rumford Falls Woolen Company, Rumford Falls Realty Company, and, finally, Oxford Paper Company (which was to become…"

My Maine Stories

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History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars