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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

Item 36591

Saco-Lowell Shops Building 24, Biddeford, ca. 1955

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1955 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

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.