Maine Memory Network

Biddeford Mills Museum

A historic mill museum dedicated to creating exhibits that will educate the community and highlight mill history; as a research collection to assist the public in locating information on the mill's buildings, history and employees; and to ensure the story of Biddeford's economic and industrial revolution remains relevant and accessible to diverse audiences.

Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"In 1871, James C. Emerson built a small sawmill on the site of where the spool mill was to be. The sawmill engaged in sawing lumber for various…"

Lincoln, Maine - Pulp mill, Lincoln, 1915 - Page 1 of 2

"At this time the mill was owned by the Eastern Manufacturing Company. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

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

"Mills & Paper Industry The Mill Through Time Lincoln Paper & Tissue, 2010 photo courtesy of Roger Stevens X The mill has manufactured…"

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2

"Mills & Paper Industry Beginnings Text by George King, Lincoln Historical Society Sorting gap, North Lincoln, 1910Lincoln Historical Society…"

Lincoln, Maine - Pulp Mill, Penobscot River, 1902 - Page 1 of 2

"The paper mill came in 1910 and was built in front of the pulp mill. The trestle at right is still used by the railway today."

Lincoln, Maine - New Tissue Mill, Lincoln, 1964 - Page 1 of 2

"New Tissue Mill, Lincoln, 1964 Contributed by Lincoln Historical Society Description New tissue mill under construction in Lincoln in 1964…"

Lincoln, Maine - Pulp and paper mill, Lincoln, 1945 - Page 1 of 2

"Pulp and paper mill, Lincoln, 1945 Contributed by Lincoln Historical Society Description An aerial view of the pulp and paper mill in…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Pulp & Paper Mill, Lincoln, 1957 - Page 1 of 2

"Lincoln Pulp & Paper Mill, Lincoln, 1957 Contributed by Lincoln Historical Society Description Recovery Boiler and pulp room under…"

Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"The Cotton Mill closed and had to sell all of its machinery in 1890 and was replaced by the shoe industry."

Historic Hallowell - Cotton Mill & Johnson Shoe Citations

"Cotton Mill & Johnson Shoe Citations Annual Reports. Hallowell: City Council of Hallowell, 1911. “books.google.com.” n.d. (accessed Mar."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Farmington's First Grist Mill

"The grist mill allowed the first crops of wheat and corn to be milled into flour, which greatly increased the kinds of food the settlers ate, as well…"

Historic Hallowell - The Cotton Mill & The Johnson Shoe Company

"The Cotton Mill & The Johnson Shoe Company These days, there aren’t many major factories in our communities."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Mills and Homes in Stockholm

"… clothes pin mill, bowling pin mill, two lumber mills, cedar mill, shingle mill, and a lath mill (lath are thin strips of wood used as a foundation…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Weighing the big trout, Mill Site, 1891

"Weighing the big trout, Mill Site, 1891 Contributed by Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Description Camp on the "Mill Site" on a…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"… supplies normally needed in the operation of its mills? It took careful planning and considerable ingenuity to keep the Oxford mills operating."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"Many of the women worked at the mill while still in their teens. Adeline Gallant recalled the mill closing so the women could go see the men leave to…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 1 of 2

"… and around the Falls, his plans for dams, canal, mills, a power company, and a water district could not be finalized."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 4 of 4

"The Rumford mill fit perfectly into Boise's growing family of pulp and paper mills. It equipped the company with its first major manufacturing…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"In the late 19th century, as paper mills, textile mills, and shoe factories proliferated along the Androscoggin, additional waves of immigrants, in…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"… Boston, was authorized to build the first grist mill, the first saw mills and develop the water power that flows out of Lake Webb, down Webb River…"

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

"Once these two mills were established this mill district came to be one of the largest cotton milling facilities in the country."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"These rivers provided the opportunities for small mills to produce lumber and shingles, shovel handles, grains from the grist mills, cheese and…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Building Boom and Piers above the Falls

"The rivers were the main way of getting the logs to the mills at that time. The piers were built on the river ice during the winter months (January…"