Keywords: Topsham
Item 18723
Workers, Pejepscot Paper Mill, Topsham, ca. 1880
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: Topsham Media: Photographic print
Item 11974
John Merrill lot, Topsham, 1762
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1762 Location: Topsham Media: Ink on paper
Item 151030
Proposed house for L.T. Willis Esq., Topsham, ca. 1923
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1923 Location: Topsham Client: Lester T. Willis Architect: Poor & Thomas
Exhibit
The Swinging Bridge: Walking Across the Androscoggin
Built in 1892 to entice workers at the Cabot Manufacturing Corporation in Brunswick to move to newly built housing in Topsham, the Androscoggin Pedestrian "Swinging" Bridge or Le Petit Pont quickly became important to many people traveling between the two communities.
Exhibit
Fair Season: Crops, Livestock, and Entertainment
Agricultural fairs, intended to promote new techniques and better farming methods, have been held since the early 19th century. Before long, entertainments were added to the educational focus of the early fairs.
Site Page
Town of Topsham History Committee
View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.
Site Page
"… number of free plots of land in Brunswick and Topsham between 1715 and 1722, and continued a policy of selling initial plots of 100 acres for £5…"
Story
Vegetarians and Zoonosis
by Avery Yale Kamila
Colds, influenza, tuberculosis, measles, smallpox, plague and COVID-19 group under zoonotic diseases
Story
Reverend Thomas Smith of First Parish Portland
by Kristina Minister, Ph.D.
Pastor, Physician, Real Estate Speculator, and Agent for Wabanaki Genocide