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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 4 of 17

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 4 of 17

"Biddeford’s granite and slate cutting was a crucial part of their economy and even helped support the build of the Western Railroad in 1872."

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McClench Machine Shop, Hallowell, 1879

Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"The slate was made of clay or volcanic ash. Slate, a rock formed from shale and mined by quarrying, had low heat and not very much pressure put on it."

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A Celebration on Water Street, Guilford, ca. 1908

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"Slate was used a lot because of the slate quarry in Monson. In the early 1900s indoor plumbing and electricity where used in new construction."

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Cottage baby with student nurse, Farmington, ca. 1947

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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