Maine Memory Network

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

"10 Machine in 1964. No. 15 Paper Machine would come on line in August 1980. These added paper production capabilities were necessary to bolster all…"

Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"Webber, Sr., an individual partner The Boston Flint Paper Company, Whiting Mill, Machine Shop, and the Slate & Plaster Mill operated along the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4

"1 and 3 Paper Machines were shut down as they were not contributing to profits. Ethyl had Beloit redesign No."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"A new machine shop was added in 1993, a larger warehouse in 1995, and the company continues to expand as a well established presence in the medical…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Wood Products of Strong

"… Society Charles Forster of Boston developed a machine to mass-produce toothpicks. After experimenting with many species of wood he determined that…"

Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge

"… a Briggs and Stratton engine, and added a shingle machine which he powered with a Ford 8N tractor. Wilbur's sawmill has not been run in decades…"

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 2 of 2

"… table; a Franklin head unit and new therapy machine.” Other enhancements improved health outcomes for growing numbers of patients."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"… wood from the local area and they used different machines that upgraded and changed over time. John MacGregor was born in the Highlands of Scotland…"

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"We have machines that can see into people’s bodies in new ways. Almost every part of the United States has accessible medicine for all people."

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

"Gilman says that “machine made cans” and “sealing machines” were made in both plants, but does not describe them."

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Acadian Archives

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… dealerships were advertising their “exceptional machines” by 1910. Soon Farmington had a gas station on Main Street."