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Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Starch Factory, c. 1965

"Potato Starch Factory, c. 1965 Contributed by Oakfield Historical Society Description A step in the process of producing potato starch…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13

"A MARKET FOR STARCH Marketing potatoes at starch factories, Houlton, 1895Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum A tradition unique to many…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… the area which then processed the potatoes into starch; factory owners sold this powdery product to cotton textile mills in southern Maine where it…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry

"The company also ran a starch factory from 1904 to 1909, when it was converted to the Standard Box Company which made cleated plywood boxes for…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900

"… churches, three parsonages, seven schools, two starch factories, five shingle mills, 305 houses, 362 barns, and 71 miles of roads."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm

"The company also ran a starch factory from 1904 though 1909. Later it was converted to a Box Company that made cleated plywood boxes for phonograph…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… but also grains, hay, hops, apples, cheese, starch, wool. Over time, Oxford County gained recognition as one of the most mineralogically active…"

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village

"… a good dam, lumber mill, grist mill, clover and starch factory. Later a school house was built. John Elliot had built a tavern in 1807, it had a…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"A pavilion for movies and dances, a starch factory, doctors’ offices, a rake factory, a hotel, and many other businesses came and went."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"… such as a sawmill, grist mill, salt box factory, starch factory, wagon shop, novelty mill, carding factory, dye house, fulling mill, clover mill…"

Acadian Archives

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