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Item 67656
Title: View of Royal River, Forest Paper Co., Yarmouth, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Yarmouth Historical Society
Date: circa 1900
Location: Yarmouth
Media: Photograph
Item 31852
Title: Royal River below Riverside Farm, North Yarmouth, ca. 1900
Contributed by: North Yarmouth Historical Society
Date: circa 1900
Location: North Yarmouth
Media: photograph
Item 34035
Title: Temporary Bridge over the Royal River, North Yarmouth, 1955
Contributed by: North Yarmouth Historical Society
Date: circa 1955
Location: North Yarmouth
Media: Photograph
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The paper mill on the Penobscot River in South Brewer, which became known as Eastern Fine Paper Co., began as a sawmill in 1884 and grew over the years as an important part of the economy of the region and a large presence in the landscape. Its closing in 2005 affected more than the men and women who lost their jobs.
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Yarmouth's "Third Falls" provided the perfect location for papermaking -- and, soon, for producing soda pulp for making paper. At the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th, Yarmouth was an international leader in soda pulp production.
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Black soldiers served in Maine during World War II, assigned in small numbers throughout the state to guard Grand Trunk rail lines from a possible German attack. The soldiers, who lived in railroad cars near their posts often interacted with local residents.