Keywords: Androscoggin River
Item 25720
Summary of river condition, Lewiston, 1948
Contributed by: Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library Date: 1948 Media: Ink on paper
Item 9691
Great Falls of the Androscoggin River, Lewiston, ca. 1975
Contributed by: Lewiston Public Library Date: circa 1975 Location: Lewiston Media: Phototransparency
Item 109888
Plot plan of Rumford River Street, Congress Street, and Lowell Street, Rumford, 1930
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1930 Location: Rumford; Rumford Client: Town of Rumford Architect: Coombs and Harriman
Item 109461
Stone Dam on Little Androscoggin River for Barker Mill Co., Auburn, 1896-1897
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1896–1897 Location: Auburn Client: Barker Mill Co. Architect: Coombs, Gibbs, and Wilkinson Architects
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Walter Wyman's vision to capture the power of Maine's rivers to produce electricity led to the formation of Central Maine Power Co. and to a struggle within the state over what should happen to the power produced by the state's natural resources.
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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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Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library
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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…
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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.
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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
