Keywords: wood working mill
Item 99124
Pepperell Mills weavers, Biddeford, ca. 1925
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1925 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 103212
F. N. Vose Planing Mill, Houlton ca. 1928
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1928 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
A Riot of Words: Ballads, Posters, Proclamations and Broadsides
Imagine a day 150 years ago. Looking down a side street, you see the buildings are covered with posters and signs.
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.
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Wood Products of Strong
"However, the wood mills turned this small town into a thriving community. Not only did they provide employment for the residents, but workers came…"
Site Page
Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill
"In 1871, James C. Emerson built a small sawmill on the site of where the spool mill was to be. The sawmill engaged in sawing lumber for various…"
Story
My 40 years in Forestry and the Paper Industry in Maine
by Donna Cassese
I was the first female forester hired by Scott Paper and continue to find new uses for wood.
Story
Moving from Washington to Maine with the Navy
by Tom Jarvis
Maine's forests, mill history, and volunteer work keep me here
