Keywords: Saco Water Power Company
Item 31894
Incorporation of the Saco Water Power Machine Company, 1837
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1837-03-24 Location: Biddeford; Saco Media: Ink on paper
Item 74465
Union Falls, Saco River, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Dayton Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
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.
Exhibit
Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine
As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.
Site Page
"at Saco & Biddeford, 1848Dyer Library/Saco Museum The cotton textile manufacturing industry became very significant in Biddeford once the Laconia…"
Site Page
Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 2 of 3
"Both men had hands in the Saco Water Power Company as well, the real estate and machinery arm of the venture."
