Keywords: Paper industry
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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…"
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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…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company
"Sources: The Continental Paper Bag Company press, 1905 H. Schedler Photo Engraving, New York Kiesling Bros. Press, New York"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4
"To the Oxford Paper Company the challenge was: How to keep producing paper needed in the war effort despite frightening shortages of manpower, wood…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 4 of 4
"… Boise Cascade Corporation, a major player in the paper industry, was able to complete the purchase of the Oxford properties from Ethyl Corp."
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Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4
"Hugh's first venture in Maine and the paper industry, at the age of 25, was the manufacturing of wood fiber tableware which was lost to fire."
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Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4
"Mr. Chisholm left his position after four years as Vice President of Paper Manufacturing of Ethyl Corp."
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Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream
"Boston Flint Paper Company bought out the Sand Paper Mill, Reservoir Dam, Glue Mill, Quartz Mill, Machinery & Oil Mill, and Flint Paper Stock…"
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Maine's Paper & Heritage Museum
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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…"
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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…"
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"… included restaurants, groceries, and clothing, paper, and fancy goods shops. Some would even work in the mill in addition to their other business…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Buckfield
"… School Portland and Rumford Falls Sunday Paper Train August 1898, BuckfieldGreater Rumford Area Historical Society Buckfield was first…"
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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…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 1 of 2
"… partnership with his brother, in 1861, to publish papers for this system. During this time, he became friends with another newsboy about his age…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 5 of 5
"and Mrs. Clayton Laplant Jed Beach, Thesis “Outside Eden”, 2003 Ruth Kidder Papers, DHS Coll.#139 "Bicentennial Calendar", information from DHS…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 4 of 4
"Leane and Elliott E. “Bud” Burns, The Oxford Paper Company, 1958; A History of Rumford, Maine 1774-1972 by John J. Leane and 1972-2000 by Elliott E."
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4
"… Rumford Falls Sulphite Company; the Continental Paper Bag Company; and finally, the Oxford Paper Company."
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford
"… were stored on the grounds of the International Paper Company and the Oxford Paper Company were constantly sprayed with water to reduce the…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3
"… worker and an able correspondent of the local papers. An excerpt from his diary reads: I packed my goods, loaded them and started for Mann Hill…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Building Boom and Piers above the Falls
"… were built in the rivers, in the early days of paper mills. The rivers were the main way of getting the logs to the mills at that time."
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 2 of 2
"Leane (1858) and Rumford Historical Society and Elliot E. “Bud” Burns (1972) Paper Times, August, 1976 “The Man”"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville
"… realized the economic possibilities of the Oxford Paper Company bringing jobs to the area, he purchased a large tract of land that became known as…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico Corner
"… boom due to the construction of the Oxford Paper Company across the Androscoggin River in Rumford."