Keywords: Androscoggin River
Item 25720
Summary of river condition, Lewiston, 1948
Contributed by: Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library Date: 1948 Location: Maine Media: Ink on paper
Item 7630
View of Androscoggin River during flood, Lewiston,1896
Contributed by: Lewiston Public Library Date: 1896 Location: Lewiston; Auburn Media: Phototransparency
Item 150823
Plot plan of Rumford River Street, Congress Street, and Lowell Street, Rumford, 1930
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1930 Location: Rumford Client: Town of Rumford Architect: Coombs and Harriman
Item 150731
House for Mr. J.H. Merrill, Auburn, 1910
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1910 Location: Auburn Client: J. H. Merrill Architect: Coombs and Gibbs Architects
Exhibit
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.
Exhibit
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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Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2
"This connected with the Androscoggin and Kennebec that went from Danville Junction to Waterville. A rail way was now open for the first time from…"
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.
Story
It was like a family in the mill
by Arnold R. Couture
I saw a lot of changes at the International Paper Otis Mill during my 26 years as an electrician
