Keywords: mills owners
Item 103558
Solomon Hopkins house, Coopers Mills, Whitefield, ca. 1906
Contributed by: Whitefield Historical Society Date: circa 1906 Location: Whitefield Media: Postcard
Item 82069
Dana Warp Mill, Westbrook, 1893
Contributed by: Walker Memorial Library Date: 1893 Location: Westbrook Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
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
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.
Site Page
Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 2 of 2
"1893: New owners N.M. Jones and James B. Mullen expand the mill and operations to include sulfite pulp, a much better kind of pulp."
Site Page
Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2
"In the late 1890s, he was part-owner of a Lincoln saw mill and he later invented the first steam-powered log hauler at Waterville Iron Works in 1901."
Story
Jim Paquette - preserving his Franco-American and musical roots
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
Lead singer of the iconic Black Hart Band shares insights of his life journey.
Story
Bonita Pothier-the definition of a trailblazer
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center Voices of Biddeford project
Overcoming the challenges of being Biddeford’s first female mayor is but a part of her contributions
