Maine Memory Network

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Wood Products of Strong

"For a time birch pulp wood was shipped from Maine to him in Boston, but he soon realized that he needed to relocate his operations to a site where…"

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

"A narrow gauge train dumped pulp wood into the mill pond. It was then sent to the wood room to make chips for the pulp mill."

Lincoln, Maine - Pulp and paper mill, Lincoln, 1945 - Page 1 of 2

"The mounds are pulp wood. To the left is the narrow gauge railroad going to the river. View additional information about this item on the Maine…"

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 - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"… of fine quality book and specialty papers, soda pulp, and sulphite pulp. The plant at Rumford was the largest book paper mill in the world under…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… from manufacturing sulphite pulp to Kraft pulp (a more efficient process of turning wood into pulp)."

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

"… on November 9, 1901 with the first cook of soda pulp and on November, 17 for the sulphite pulp. The first paper machine went into production on…"

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

"… mill fit perfectly into Boise's growing family of pulp and paper mills. It equipped the company with its first major manufacturing operation in the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… they turned to cutting spruce for lumber and pulp, as well as hemlock for the tanning industry."

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

""Dewey" engine in front of pulp mill, ca. 1910Lincoln Historical Society Both then and now: Tracks became common in Lincoln, due to the paper mill’s…"

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"They hauled pulp and paper, petroleum, mill products, and chemicals. In 1962 the railroad running through Guilford was torn up."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… two wharves, where, for a time, loads of coal and pulp wood waited for the freighters to arrive. Those settling on Toddy Pond eked out livings as…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… great quantities of long logs, and later pulp, from far in the northern forests around Moosehead Lake, down to the lumber mills of central Maine…"