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Item 11974
Title: Map of the John Merrill lot in Topsham, Maine, 1762, Map 34
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1762
Location: Topsham
Media: Ink on paper
Item 20985
Title: Topsham Falls, ca. 1880
Contributed by: Pejepscot Historical Society
Date: circa 1880
Location: Topsham
Media: Stereopticon slide
Item 18723
Title: Workers, Pejepscot Paper Mill, Topsham, ca. 1880
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1880
Location: Topsham; Topsham
Media: Photograph
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Fair Season: Crops, Livestock, and Entertainment
Agricultural fairs, intended to promote new techniques and better farming methods, have been held since the early 19th century. Before long, entertainments were added to the educational focus of the early fairs.
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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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The Swinging Bridge: Walking Across the Androscoggin
Built in 1892 to entice workers at the Cabot Manufacturing Corporation in Brunswick to move to newly built housing in Topsham, the Androscoggin Pedestrian "Swinging" Bridge or Le Petit Pont quickly became important to many people traveling between the two communities.
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Town of Topsham History Committee
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