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

"Saco Water Power Company of York Manufacturing, built the Laconia Mills on the Biddeford side of the river in 1844, then started Pepperell…"

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

"… Biddeford, 1875McArthur Public Library The Pepperell Mill in Biddeford was the life blood for the small city during the 1800’s and early 1900’s as…"

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

"Pepperell Mills held onto their cotton overstock, and were able to produce textiles throughout the war."

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

"Pepperell Mills boarding houses, Biddeford, ca. 1875McArthur Public Library The "China Trade", started in 1852, was integral to the success."

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

"Ad by Pepperell Mills to recruit women workers, Biddeford, 1943McArthur Public Library In Biddeford, like the rest of urban Maine, the relief of…"

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

"… Shops, York (Bates) Manufacturing, and Pepperell (WestPoint) Manufacturing, would follow a similar pattern. Exchange Block, 2010."

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

"… would start and operate the Laconia and finally Pepperell Manufacturing Companies on the Biddeford side of the river as well."

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"… the energy of Robert McArthur, an Agent of the Pepperell mills, the association bought the former Pavilion Congregational Church at 270 Main Street…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"Lady Pepperell's needle case, 1812McArthur Public Library Fighting with the natives did not cease; however, settlers and entrepreneurs continued to…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"… an account of the first hundred years of the Pepperell Manufacturing Company, incorporated February 16, 1844."

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"Webber who had been overseer of the Pepperell cloth room and paymaster of the Laconia division. When he died in 1899 he bequeathed $40,000 toward a…"