Forest Paper Co. workers, Yarmouth, ca. 1890

Contributed by Yarmouth Historical Society

Description

Twenty-eight employees of the Forest Paper Co. in Yarmouth pose in front of a large pile of poplar wood that rail cars delivered for the soda pulp process at the mill.

During the Yarmouth mill's most prosperous years, the company employed upwards of 250 men and had a payroll of $150,000.

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  • Title: Forest Paper Co. workers, Yarmouth, ca. 1890
  • Creation Date: circa 1890
  • Subject Date: circa 1890
  • Location: Third Falls, Yarmouth, Cumberland County, ME
  • Media: Photographic print
  • Dimensions: 12 cm x 17 cm
  • Local Code: 1997.46.9
  • Object Type: Image

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Yarmouth Historical Society
118 East Elm St., PO Box 107, Yarmouth, ME 04096
(207) 846-6259
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