Keywords: Union Mill Company
Item 102603
The Union Mill Company, Kennebunk, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Brick Store Museum Date: circa 1895 Location: Kennebunk Media: Glass Negative
Item 101567
Union candlepin bowling men's league, Biddeford, ca. 1955
Contributed by: Biddeford Mills Museum Date: circa 1955 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
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.
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.
Site Page
Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company
""Surry Opera Company Set to Travel to Soviet Union in Just Two Months." The Ellsworth American. Thursday, August 28, 1986."
Site Page
Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru
"In 2009 SAD 21 joined with Regional School Union #10 with six more towns. The old West Peru School now houses a community center under the direction…"
Story
Being a woman Union member was a challenge in the paper mill
by Cindy Bennett
I worked in the paper mills and for the Union during the 1987 strike.
Story
Canadian immigrant founds worlds largest paper company in 1898
by Hugh J. Chisholm
Hugh J. Chisholm founded International Paper, which was the world's largest paper company in 1898.
