Keywords: York Mills and Factory Island
Item 102041
Night view of textile mills and river, Biddeford and Saco, ca. 1910
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Biddeford; Saco Media: Postcard
Item 30945
Tugboat "Hersey" tied up near Bragdon's Wharf, Biddeford, 1912
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1912 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
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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.
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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.
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce
"The women packers had to work all day in the factories and then look after the children and household chores when they went home."
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication
"… family still lived on Rodick's Island, now Bar Island, where they raised sheep and spun and wove their own wool."
