Maine Memory Network

Wood chips, Eastern Manufacturing Co., Brewer, ca. 1921

Contributed by: City of Brewer Date: circa 1921 Location: Brewer Media: Photographic print

Penobscot walking stick, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Hudson Museum, Univ. of Maine Date: circa 1930 Media: Wood

Laboring in Maine

Workers in Maine have labored in factories, on farms, in the woods, on the water, among other locales. Many of Maine's occupations have been determined by the state's climate and geographical features.

Yarmouth: Leader in Soda Pulp

Yarmouth's "Third Falls" provided the perfect location for papermaking -- and, soon, for producing soda pulp for making paper. At the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th, Yarmouth was an international leader in soda pulp production.

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Pulp & Paper Mill, Lincoln, 1957 - Page 1 of 2

"… silos to the left can hold up to two hundred cords of wood chips. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Lincoln, Maine - Pulp mill, Lincoln, 1915 - Page 1 of 2

"It was then sent to the wood room to make chips for the pulp mill. At this time the mill was owned by the Eastern Manufacturing Company."