Keywords: mill dams
Item 35397
Saco Falls, mill dams and mills, Biddeford, 1912
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1912 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 35395
Saco Falls and mill dams, Biddeford-Saco, 1912
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1912 Location: Biddeford; Saco Media: Photographic print
Item 150397
Stone Dam on Little Androscoggin River for Barker Mill Co., Auburn, 1896-1897
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1896–1897 Location: Auburn Client: Barker Mill Co. Architect: Coombs, Gibbs, and Wilkinson Architects
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.
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.
Site Page
Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2
"… sent Ira Fish and 17 other men north to build dams for saw mills on Mattanawcook Stream. That winter, the men cut 5,000,000 board feet of lumber…"
Site Page
Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 1 of 2
"… rights above and around the Falls, his plans for dams, canal, mills, a power company, and a water district could not be finalized."
