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Item 103929

Pepperell's vacant Mill #2, Biddeford, 2015

Contributed by: Biddeford Mills Museum Date: circa 1854 Location: Biddeford Media: Digital Image

Item 103985

Pepperell Mill 13-2 wing, Biddeford, 2012

Contributed by: Biddeford Mills Museum Date: 2012 Location: Biddeford Media: Digital photograph

Item 101000

Lumber piling, Scribner's Mill, Harrison, ca. 1940

Contributed by: National Archives at Boston Date: 1940 Location: Harrison Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Shepard Cary: Lumberman, Legislator, Leader and Legend

Shepard Cary (1805-1866) was one of the leading -- and wealthiest -- residents of early Aroostook County. He was a lumberman, merchant, mill operator, and legislator.

Exhibit

Oriental Powder Mills gunpowder keg, Gorham and Windham, ca. 1860

Gunpowder for the Civil War

The gunpowder mills at Gambo Falls in Windham and Gorham produced about a quarter of the gunpowder used by Union forces during the Civil War. The complex contained as many as 50 buildings.

Exhibit

Reading room at Eastern Fine, Brewer, 1919

Eastern Fine Paper

The paper mill on the Penobscot River in South Brewer, which became known as Eastern Fine Paper Co., began as a sawmill in 1884 and grew over the years as an important part of the economy of the region and a large presence in the landscape. Its closing in 2005 affected more than the men and women who lost their jobs.

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Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 2 of 2

"Jones and James B. Mullen expand the mill and operations to include sulfite pulp, a much better kind of pulp."

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Construction of B Machine at Oxford Paper Company, Rumford, 1915

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"… and considerable ingenuity to keep the Oxford mills operating. Manpower became a premium, as able bodied men were either drafted or enlisted in the…"

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Grist and saw mills on the Upper Falls, Rumford, ca. 1895

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"Many of the women worked at the mill while still in their teens. Adeline Gallant recalled the mill closing so the women could go see the men leave to…"