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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.
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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…"
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Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill
"The mill was successful for fifty years. Cotton Mill Office, Second Street, Hallowell, 1881Hubbard Free Library On March 15, 1890, people…"
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"… Street Roger Morrison Interview on Main Street Main Street Looking North, 2010 photo courtesy of Roger Stevens X Main Street Looking…"
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Historic Hallowell - The Cotton Mill & The Johnson Shoe Company
"… era! Johnson Shoe Factory, Hallowell, 1900Hubbard Free Library Hallowell Cotton Mill, Academy Street, ca. 1885Hubbard Free Library"
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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street
"… its boundaries were numerous gristmills, paper mills, three silver mines, and a foundry. Farmland dominated the rural area to the village’s west."
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Lincoln, Maine - Main Street, Lincoln, ca. 1890
"Main Street, Lincoln, ca. 1890 Contributed by Lincoln Historical Society Description Horse and buggy complete with rider shaded by an…"
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Lincoln, Maine - Main Street, Lincoln, ca. 1920
"Note the majestic Elm trees that lined the street, shading the houses. On the left, the first building is the Lincoln House gas station on the corner…"
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Lincoln, Maine - Lower Main Street looking north, Lincoln, ca. 1948
"Lower Main Street looking north, Lincoln, ca. 1948 Contributed by Lincoln Historical Society Description View of Main Street in Lincoln…"
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Lincoln, Maine - High Street Bridge, Lincoln, ca. 1903
"High Street Bridge, Lincoln, ca. 1903 Contributed by Lincoln Historical Society Description This is the High Street Bridge built in the…"
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Lincoln, Maine - Primary school on School Street, Lincoln, ca. 1905
"Primary school on School Street, Lincoln, ca. 1905 Contributed by Lincoln Historical Society Description This school was built in the…"
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Fiske Block, Broad Street, Bangor, 1864
"… in and floors fell in enbracing the engine planing mills &c ." View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."
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Lincoln, Maine - View of Mattanawcook Lake from Clark Street, Lincoln, ca. 1890
"There is only one house showing on Taylor Street. It was built by Dr. Edwin Stanley Taylor and is still there today. Hence the name Taylor Street."
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Lincoln, Maine - Lower West side of Main Street, Lincoln, ca. 1925
"Lower West side of Main Street, Lincoln, ca. 1925 Contributed by Lincoln Historical Society Description This view of Lincoln's Main St."
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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House
"… The construction of the Customs House, at 1 Front Street, south of Lambard Street, was started in 1852 and finished in 1858."
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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…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3
"What was known as Trask Street at that time, now Leavitt Street, went all the way to Highland Terrace."
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4
"… and Irish folks in the Spruce Street/Knox Street Penobscot Street areas had the Pettengill School."
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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."
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford
"Waldo Street Area Waldo Street Fire slide show The Waldo Street Fire was, and still is, Rumford’s most serious fire."
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru
"The mill finally closed around 1990 and today stands empty. Peru is now considered a bedroom town, mainly for the employees of the paper mill in…"
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Old Berwick Historical Society
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Lincoln, Maine - Post Office, Lincoln, Built in 1856
"Plumly was interested in lumbering and owned the mills at Cold Stream (Hubbard's Mills). He was a Justice of the Peace, a Selectman, the Deputy…"
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"… was pride because not many small towns had mills, and with a mill the town will get more popularity and we may become a bigger town."