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Historical Items

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Item 63739

C. V. Starbird Store and mill yard, Strong, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Strong Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Strong Media: Glass Negative

Item 104701

Laminator #1 at Pepperell Mill, Biddeford, 2009

Contributed by: Biddeford Mills Museum Date: circa 1965 Location: Biddeford Media: Digital Photo

Item 20189

Emerson Lumber Company, Island Falls, ca. 1905

Contributed by: Island Falls Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Island Falls Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Making Paper, Making Maine

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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Princeton: Woods and Water Built This Town

Princeton benefited from its location on a river -- the St. Croix -- that was useful for transportation of people and lumber and for powering mills as well as on its proximity to forests.

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Silk Manufacturing in Westbrook

Cultivation of silkworms and manufacture of silk thread was touted as a new agricultural boon for Maine in the early 19th century. However, only small-scale silk production followed. In 1874, the Haskell Silk Co. of Westbrook changed that, importing raw silk, and producing silk machine twist threat, then fabrics, until its demise in 1930.

Site Pages

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Wharves and Yards - 1795 to 1825

"Early Wharves and Yards - 1795 to 1825 Site of Vose's Wharf, Thomaston, Maine 2009Thomaston Historical Society Philip Hanson arrived from…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Building Boom and Piers above the Falls

"… that the best plan would be to let a job by the yard to blast away the rock there and put in the piers at the lower end of the dam and the filling…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4

"This addition would require many alterations and additions to processes though out the mill. The greatest change was that process waters had to be…"