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Item 35398

Laconia Mills, Biddeford, 1875

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1875 Location: Biddeford Media: Ink on paper, lithograph

Item 104158

Laconia Manufacturing Company office, Biddeford, ca. 2012

Contributed by: Biddeford Mills Museum Date: circa 1890 Location: Biddeford Media: Digital photograph

Item 31895

Expansion of the Laconia Company, Biddeford, 1844

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1844-02-15 Location: Biddeford Media: Ink on paper

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Architecture & Landscape

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Item 116617

McArthur House, Portland, 1912-1913

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1912–1913 Location: Portland Client: Robert McArthur Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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Biddeford, Saco and the Textile Industry

The largest textile factory in the country reached seven stories up on the banks of the Saco River in 1825, ushering in more than a century of making cloth in Biddeford and Saco. Along with the industry came larger populations and commercial, retail, social, and cultural growth.

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 7 of 17

"… Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco Laconia Mills, Biddeford, 1875McArthur Public Library The Pepperell Mill in Biddeford was the life…"

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 5 of 17

"Saco Water Power Company of York Manufacturing, built the Laconia Mills on the Biddeford side of the river in 1844, then started Pepperell…"

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 3 of 3

"The Laconia Mills sold off much of their stock of cotton to European interests for high profits early in the war, but later ran out of stock for…"