Keywords: Saco-Lowell Foundry
Item 102045
Saco-Lowell Shops addition, Biddeford, 1920
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1920 Location: Biddeford Media: Postcard
Item 36080
Workers "cutting sand" at the Saco-Lowell Shops, Biddeford, ca. 1950
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1950 Location: Biddeford 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.