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Sandpaper Mill, Vaughan Stream, Hallowell, ca. 1910

Historic Hallowell - The Boston Flint Company

"It was not harder than quartz but it was tougher, so its sharp edges lasted longer. They crushed the flint up so that it would be little, tiny rocks."

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McClench Machine Shop, Hallowell, 1879

Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"… the owner, Ben Tenney, decided to use quartz for sandpaper. Tenney got glue for his paper at the George Seavey Glue Factory in Farmingdale. Boston…"