New looms arriving at the Hill Mill, Lewiston, October 1961

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New looms arriving at the Hill Mill, Lewiston, October 1961

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The Hill Mill was one of many textile mills in Lewiston-Auburn. Construction began on the mill in 1850 under the Hill Manufacturing Company of local industrialist Thomas J. Hill. The mill remained operational for over a century, during which time it was absorbed into the Bates Manufacturing Company before it closed in 1971.


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  • Title: New looms arriving at the Hill Mill, Lewiston, October 1961
  • Creator: Bates Manufacturing Company
  • Creation Date: 1961
  • Subject Date: 1961
  • Location: Lewiston, Androscoggin County, ME
  • Media: Photographic print
  • Local Code: 2013.0.66
  • Object Type: Image

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