Maine Memory Network

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 5 of 17

"… 1848Dyer Library/Saco Museum The cotton textile manufacturing industry became very significant in Biddeford once the Laconia Mills and Pepperell…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 7 of 17

"… city during the 1800’s and early 1900’s as the textile industry in Maine thrived. Like ice, this industry was international and products shipped…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 3 of 3

"… designed to manufacture bobbins for use in the textile industry as noted in the textile business history above."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 2 of 17

"… for ice harvesting, granite cutting, and cotton textile manufacturing. Businesses that supported the war did well and were able to hire more…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 6 of 17

"During the years of the war, cotton manufacturing became extremely challenging. The Union blockades cut off the export of cotton which caused extreme…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"… window in the first two stories of both of the textile mills located on either side of the river. Annual River Drive, Guilford, ca."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 3 of 3

"Biddeford's textile mills however, were hit hard by the stoppage in cotton production & the cotton blockades."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"From "Romance of Pepperell" (1921) X The textile manufacture industry, however, was the largest employer and the heart of the local economy."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 9 of 17

"… migrated to Biddeford and Saco to work in textile mills, ice harvesting manufactures, lumber mills, and granite quarries."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"This was the second textile mill in town. Piscataquis Woolen Company Mill, Guilford, 1912Guilford Historical Society The first was built on the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 1 of 2

"… and Saco: the Saco-Lowell Shops, York (Bates) Manufacturing, and Pepperell (WestPoint) Manufacturing, would follow a similar pattern."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 2 of 3

"… first newspaper, first city directory, first textile mills and the first French-Canadian immigrant."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"(N, A) Textile Manufacture Collection (1844-2010). (DC.14) McArthur Library Special Collections. (N, A) Thursday Club Collection."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Artists and Inventors of Biddeford

"… Irish and French-Canadians, plus the successful manufacturing at the many mills, combined to foster a lively cultural scene."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 3 of 3

"All the manufacturers were in need of help, and recruited heavily for women workers, both Anglo and Franco."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 2 of 2

"… repurposed into modern residences and boutique manufacturing and business space. A growing community of artists and entrepreneurs are breathing new…"

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"… with the safety pin on the rear, like those still manufactured a century later. Centennial souvenir pin #2, Lubec, 1911Lubec Historical…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… with Campobello where wharves full of British manufactured goods were exchanged for cash, beef, pork, flour and wood products."

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Manufactured in many small segments, its two ton heft of glass and iron framework was transported across the sea and up the tower."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"builds plant in Lubec for manufacture of two-piece drawn cans 1910 • Census results – 3,363 1911 • Lubec Centennial Celebration held on July 4 --…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"But the Lawrence company, North Lubec Manufacturing and Canning, had a long existence, continuing into the 1980s."

Guilford, Maine - EXHIBITS

"EARLY MANUFACTURING Industry came early to Guilford, and although adapted and modernized, it is still the foundation of our community, providing…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 1 of 3

"Rayon filament was delivered to textile mills, wound onto cones, ready to thread onto looms and be made into fabrics marketed as artificial silk."

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