Keywords: office machines
Item 80394
Elliott hand cranked addressing machine, ca. 1925
Contributed by: Maine's Paper & Heritage Museum Date: circa 1925 Location: Livermore Falls Media: Metal
Item 80396
Contributed by: Maine's Paper & Heritage Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Livermore Falls Media: Metal
Item 62054
26 Warren Avenue, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Southworth Machine Company Use: Offices
Exhibit
Yarmouth's "Third Falls" provided the perfect location for papermaking -- and, soon, for producing soda pulp for making paper. At the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th, Yarmouth was an international leader in soda pulp production.
Exhibit
Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine
As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.
Site Page
Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 4 of 4
"10 Machine in 1964. No. 15 Paper Machine would come on line in August 1980. These added paper production capabilities were necessary to bolster all…"
Site Page
Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4
"The first paper machine went into production on December 21, 1901. By February, 1902, all four paper machines were in operation and producing about…"
Story
Learning to fly and instructing cadets at West Point during WWII
by Vera Cleaves
West Point during World War II
Story
We will remember
by Sam Kelley
My service in the Vietnam War
