Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"So, in truth, the mill was two mills combined. It was only a sawmill until 1875, then it was built into both a sawmill and a spool mill, making a big…"

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…"

Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"Row House, Hallowell, ca. 1935 Hallowell mill workers lived in The Row House on Second Street. Hubbard Free Library The Cotton Mill's main textile…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 14 of 17

"Layoffs were common for mill workers, many of which were forced to rely on the city's Poor Farm for Assistance program."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"… complexes housed many of the less well-paid workers of the mills. According to a Rumford Falls Times article of August 4, 1923 by a Mr."

Old Berwick Historical Society

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… to rely on islanders as cooks, interior home workers and nursemaids for children. F.S. Pendleton and Company Store, interior, Islesboro, 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 - 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 - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"Tremendous numbers of workers were needed for the textile mills, and Biddeford began to experience an intense level of immigration, first of Irish…"

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

"31, 1999, affecting about 200 workers and resulting in a $25 million charge to the company, mostly in the second quarter, to cover asset write-offs…"

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

"Individual donations to the Library; to mill workers at Christmas, and park maintenance were also attributed to him."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"Workers from Europe, especially Poland, Lithuania, Italy, Scotland, Ireland, England, came to build the dams, canals, brick structures, and other…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"He was a very hard worker, demanding of himself and others, yet was concerned for the welfare of others, such as in adequate housing and education."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"The first Catholic Church was the St. Athanasius Church on Maine Avenue, constructed in 1896, which was replaced by a larger, more modern building in…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"Knight returned to his land with some workers, or two of his sons, burned some of the felled trees in preparation of a garden, and used others to…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… bleached Kraft mill on the site of the current mill; and, in 1958, the mill switched from manufacturing sulphite pulp to Kraft pulp (a more…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Wood Products of Strong

"On December 31, 1965 the dedication of the new mill was held and was attended by more than 300 people."

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"Many of the people in our town would be dead without the hospitals, which means there would be fewer jobs and workers."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"… Order originated from English guilds, in which workers from various trades would band together to help one another; later during the 17th century…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"Mr. Park was an active temperance worker and an able correspondent of the local papers. An excerpt from his diary reads: I packed my goods, loaded…"

Historic Hallowell - The Boston Flint Company

"When they would inhale, it would damage the workers' lungs. Mr. Tenney tested with many types of minerals to create sandpaper."

Historic Hallowell - Kennebec Wire Company

"Wire mills still exist today, but workers use high-tech machines to cut the wire and shrink it to a certain diameter."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - About Us

"… work, please visit: http://www.swansislandhistory.org Click the links below to read about our busy workers! History Detectives The Crew"