Keywords: Ben Tenney
Item 29209
Boston Flint Co. sandpaper mill, Hallowell, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print
Item 34172
Wire Mill, Hallowell, ca. 1880
Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1880 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print
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Historic Hallowell - The Boston Flint Company
"Ben Tenney, and located above the Wire Mill Road on the Vaughan Stream. Sandpaper Mill, Vaughan Stream, Hallowell, ca 1910Courtesy of Sumner A."
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Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream
"After many experiments, the owner, Ben Tenney, decided to use quartz for sandpaper. Tenney got glue for his paper at the George Seavey Glue Factory…"