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Sandpaper Mill, Vaughan Stream, Hallowell, ca. 1910

Historic Hallowell - The Boston Flint Company

"They crushed quartz to make the sandpaper. Sandpaper Mill, Vaughan Stream, Hallowell, ca 1910Courtesy of Sumner A."

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Sheppard's Point viewed from Loudon Hill, Hallowell, ca. 1895

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"Boston Flint Co. sandpaper mill, Hallowell, ca. 1910Hubbard Free Library In the pre-automobile era no services were in more demand than those of…"

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Maternity, Hallowell Granite Works, ca. 1895

Historic Hallowell - Industry on the Bombahook Citations

"… /sandpaper.htmhttp://sawdustmaking.com/Sandpaper/sandpaper.htm Briggs, Bob. Around Hallowell."

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Wire Mill, Hallowell, ca. 1880

Historic Hallowell - Kennebec Wire Company

"Tenney converted the wire mill into an isinglass factory. Isinglass was a clarifier put into beer made out of fish gills and tongues."

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Wilder Oilcloth Factory, Hallowell, ca. 1895

Historic Hallowell - Industry and Immigrants-A Changing Community

"… oilcloth factories, iron works, shoe factories, a sandpaper mill and The Heart Cure Co., a large mail order patent-medicine concern."

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McClench Machine Shop, Hallowell, 1879

Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"Stickney & Pages Slate and Plaster MillHubbard Free Library The Stickney & Page Slate and Plaster Mill was located on the Vaughan Stream."