Keywords: steam mill
Item 101612
Steam sawmill, North Berwick, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Old Berwick Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: North Berwick Media: Photographic print
Item 10846
Inventory of lumber, Gilbertville Steam Lumber Mill, 1906
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1906-09-20 Location: Gilbertville; Rumford Falls Media: Ink on paper
Item 151631
Fitzgerald house, Brighton, VT, 1888
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1888 Location: Brighton Client: George H. Fitzgerald Architect: John Calvin Stevens
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
Princeton: Woods and Water Built This Town
Princeton benefited from its location on a river -- the St. Croix -- that was useful for transportation of people and lumber and for powering mills as well as on its proximity to forests.
Site Page
Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2
""Lombard Steam Log Hauler Goes Full Steam Ahead." Maine News, Weather, Sports Channel 6 NBC Portland | WCSH6.com | Portland, ME. Web. 6 Apr. 2010."
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Sweat on the Kennebec ~ Hallowell Steam and Boom Company
"Sweat on the Kennebec ~ Hallowell Steam and Boom Company Hallowell Steam and Boom Company, Hallowell, ca. 1895Courtesy of Sumner A."
Story
A first encounter with Bath and its wonderful history
by John Decker
Visiting the Maine Maritime Museum as part of a conference
