Keywords: Lumber mills
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 1 of 3
"… affectionately nicknamed “Camp Maine Central.” Lumber for the cabin was provided by Redington Lumber Company and there were exhibits of taxidermy…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map
"Merrill Lumber, of Turner, loaded with empty shipping boxes for Forster’s Toothpick Mill, crashed through the deck of the bridge to the riverbank…"
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Lincoln, Maine - Nathaniel Bodwell
"He ran the mill until 1855. A carding mill is where the clothing is made, and Bodwell’s mill was the first carding mill in Lincoln."
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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…"
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Lincoln, Maine - View of Lincoln from Ballard Hill, ca. 1913
"… came to Lincoln and the Library and Worsted Mill was built. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."
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Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Huntress
"… of the important things that happened like the mill or the train wouldn’t have been here and that would have stopped all of the other towns that…"
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Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Historical Society - Page 1 of 2
"At the time, Gertrude Mills was the secretary and Addie Pinkham was the Treasurer. Some of the charter members are as follows: Sadie Adams, Mary…"
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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."
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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…"
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Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones
"L.H. White, the Pulp Mill, the Lincoln House Hotel, Maine Central Railroad, and W.F Lovejoy. In 1904, Mr."
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Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals
"… Hospital on the corner of West Broadway and Mill Street. This was in her home. This two-story hospital housed the sick, young and old."
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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."
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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…"
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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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Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3
"was another such enterprise. Guilford Lumber Company Mill, ca. 1900Guilford Historical Society Guilford Lumber Company became Guilford…"
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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…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4
"This addition would require many alterations and additions to processes though out the mill. The greatest change was that process waters had to be…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4
"First Two Machines at Oxford Mill, Rumford, ca. 1901Greater Rumford Area Historical Society Production at the new mill began on November 9, 1901…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 1 of 3
"However, the growth of the mills had also greatly increased the need for water, beyond the capabilities of these facilities."
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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 - Mexico - Page 1 of 3
"… At the time of incorporation a cluster of mills had previously been established around the dams built on Webb River, the boundary line between…"
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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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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 1 of 3
"About 1866 a man named Joseph Hobson was the leading operator, owning mills on Spring Island on such a scale that he was known as "the lumber king"…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4
"… existing in 1895 included Rumford Corner, Abbotts Mills, North Rumford, East Side Ellis River, No. 9 East Rumford, No. 12 Red Hill, and No."