Maine Memory Network

Oxford Paper Company's Postcard Mill, Rumford, 1903

Contributed by: Greater Rumford Area Historical Society Date: 1903 Location: Rumford Media: Photographic print

Katahdin Pulp and Paper Mill, Lincoln, 1902

Contributed by: Lincoln Historical Society Date: 1902 Location: Lincoln Media: Photographic print

Factory, Thompsons Point, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: The Oxweld Railroad Service Company Use: Factory - Gas Production

37-41 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Thaxter S. W. & Co. Use: Office & Storage

Proposed Factory for the Deforest Products Co., Turner, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Turner Client: DeForest Products Co. Architect: Harry S. Coombs

House on Chadwick Street for Mr. J.C. Hamlen, Portland, 1926-1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1926–1927 Location: Portland Client: J. C. Hamlen Architect: John P. Thomas

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.

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.

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"… Paper Bag Company, with 190 machines, had the production capacity of 17 million to 20 million paper bags every 10 hours and consumed approximately…"

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

"The Company operates a fully integrated pulp and paper facility with three tissue machines and two paper machines in Lincoln, Maine.”"

My career as a chemical engineer for S.D. Warren Paper Company
by Charles Dodge

I worked in S.D. Warren's laboratory, and developed paper coatings, like Ultracast technology

My 41 year career in Maine paper mills
by Mike Luciano

Generations of paper workers, families, immigrants, jobs in the mill, labor strikes, and changes