Keywords: saw and grist mill
Item 80824
Grist and saw mills on the Upper Falls, Rumford, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Greater Rumford Area Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Rumford Media: Photographic print
Item 22214
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1870 Location: Caribou Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
Jay & Livermore Falls, Pioneers in Paper Making
Alvin Record and Hugh J. Chisholm were instrumental in building paper mills in Jay, Livermore, and Livermore Falls. The two industrialists helped make the towns prosperous.
Exhibit
Princeton: Woods and Water Built This Town
Princeton benefited from its location on a river -- the St. Croix -- that was useful for transportation of people and lumber and for powering mills as well as on its proximity to forests.
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5
"… to build the first grist mill, the first saw mills and develop the water power that flows out of Lake Webb, down Webb River, and enters at its…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4
"Grist and saw mills on the Upper Falls, Rumford, ca. 1895Greater Rumford Area Historical Society The township of New Pennacook was created as the…"
