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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…"

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…"

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…"

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…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"The Mill had paper bag and envelope machines and a printing area. The original factory was soon too small, large as it was, to accommodate a…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"The No's. 7 and 8 had been used to account for two little used paper machines that had been purchased from International Paper Co."

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…"

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

"It equipped the company with its first major manufacturing operation in the northeast, and provided its first coated paper manufacturing capability."

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

"Shortly after the startup of these four paper machines, the Oxford Paper Company secured what was then considered one of the most valuable contracts…"

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."

Lincoln, Maine - Pulp Mill, Penobscot River, 1902 - Page 1 of 2

"The paper mill came in 1910 and was built in front of the pulp mill. The trestle at right is still used by the railway today."

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Lincoln, Maine - Pulp mill, Lincoln, 1915 - Page 1 of 2

"At this time the mill was owned by the Eastern Manufacturing Company. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Lincoln, Maine - New Tissue Mill, Lincoln, 1964 - Page 1 of 2

"… in 1964 showing the old stock house for storing paper in background. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 1 of 2

"… and manufacturing plans for creating a paper mill. Hugh J. Chisholm Jr., ca. 1912Greater Rumford Area Historical Society Chisholm’s taming of…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"… Rumford Falls Sulphite Company; the Continental Paper Bag Company; and finally, the Oxford Paper Company."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… tanneries, and novelty mills are gone, the paper mill built in Rumford in 1893, below the Great Falls of the Androscoggin, is still going strong…"

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…"

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…"

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”"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… a bedroom town, mainly for the employees of the paper mill in Rumford. There are still many small businesses, often in local homes, to support…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - About the Project

"In the River Valley towns, the NewPage paper mill dominates the economy. While the mill’s payroll is less than half of what it was 40 years ago, it…"

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…"

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."