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Odd Fellows Poster/Broadside, Biddeford, ca. 1855

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 2 of 3

"… Water Power Company as well, the real estate and machinery arm of the venture. These men & their companies would start and operate the Laconia and…"

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Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… Association By 1887 an enlarged building housed machinery for two whistles. Those whistles show on the roof, each adjacent to a stack."

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Hallowell Cotton Mill, Academy Street, ca. 1885

Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"… going to shut down because southern states had machinery to make cotton, so they didn’t have to send it to the northern states."

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Drapers Mill & Edes Building, Guilford, ca. 1940

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 3 of 3

"… designed to manufacture bobbins for use in the textile industry as noted in the textile business history above."

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Guilford Woolen Mill Finishing Room Crew, ca, 1890

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"This was the second textile mill in town. Piscataquis Woolen Company Mill, Guilford, 1912Guilford Historical Society The first was built on the…"

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Saw Logs Over the Dam, Guilford, ca. 1880

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"Most of the specialized machinery was built by company personnel on site as it was not available on the open market."