Keywords: Gambo Mill
Item 85611
Original label on wooden gunpowder keg, ca. 1860
Contributed by: Windham Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: Windham Media: Paper, wood
Item 99132
Gambo Dam, Oriental Powder Mills, Gorham and Windham, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Windham; Gorham Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
The gunpowder mills at Gambo Falls in Windham and Gorham produced about a quarter of the gunpowder used by Union forces during the Civil War. The complex contained as many as 50 buildings.
Exhibit
This Rebellion: Maine and the Civil War
For Mainers like many other people in both the North and the South, the Civil War, which lasted from 1861-1865, had a profound effect on their lives. Letters, artifacts, relics, and other items saved by participants at home and on the battlefield help illuminate the nature of the Civil War experience for Mainers.
