Keywords: Lisbon Falls
Item 16365
Lisbon High School, Class of 1964
Contributed by: Lisbon Historical Society Date: 1964 Location: Lisbon Media: Photographic print
Item 5553
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1956 Location: Lisbon Falls Media: Photographic print
Item 109748
Roman Catholic Church for Rev. Father Bradley, Lisbon, 1899-1922
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1899–1922 Location: Lisbon; Lisbon Client: Roman Catholic Church of Lisbon Architect: Harry S. Coombs; Coombs, Gibbs and Wilkinson Architects
Item 109750
Alteration in Masonic Building at Lisbon Falls, Lisbon, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Lisbon Client: Freemasons Architect: Harrry S. Coombs
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Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.
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In 1893, F.C. Whitehouse of Topsham, who owned paper mills in Topsham and Lisbon Falls, began construction of a third mill on the eastern banks of the Androscoggin River five miles north of Topsham. First, he had to build a dam to harness the river's power.
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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village
"… a carding mill, hauling the machinery from Lisbon by the way of Strong. Bartlett and Plummer turned out large quantities of long and short lumber…"
