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Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"… Woolen on the north side, and Guilford Woolen Mills Company was created, combining the ownership into one firm."

Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 2 of 2

"That was just offices. M.L. Hussey Woolen Company Mill, Guilford, 1918Guilford Historical Society The additions made in 1943 and 1991 were made…"

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

"… Falls Light and Water Company, Rumford Falls Woolen Company, Rumford Falls Realty Company, and, finally, Oxford Paper Company (which was to become…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 1 of 3

"… mill on Spring's Island for the felting of woolen goods. Mill wheel bearing, Saco, ca. 1840McArthur Public Library The first sawmill was…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"Hussey Woolen Company. With water rushing over the dam, logs were hurled directly through the windows of the lower floors of both mills."

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"Guilford Woolen Mills Company was formed. McKusick Fuel Company was established. Samuel and Paul Herrick expanded their business to include a service…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"After, Piscataquis Woolen Company built the mill and the store was moved by the office of Straw and Martin at the mouth of Mill Street."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"… turn of the century Guilford had the railroad, woolen mills, a newspaper, and even a cinema. What the town needed was a library."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4

"… last night and like to frose, although I had 2 Woolen Blankett and A good overcoat. Civil War Army Blanket, ca."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"… a blacksmith, a shoemaker, a tanning yard, a woolen factory, at least four mills, two shipyards, a schoolhouse, and a church."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"… cargo had been bolts of heavy, double-faced woolen cloth, which were salvaged by area residents."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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