Category: Economics, Industry, Sawmills
Item 7865
Sawmill by Huntington, Atkinson, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Atkinson Media: Photographic print
Item 7866
Atkinson Mills, Atkinson, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Atkinson Media: Photoprint
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Yarmouth's "Third Falls" provided the perfect location for papermaking -- and, soon, for producing soda pulp for making paper. At the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th, Yarmouth was an international leader in soda pulp production.
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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 - A Man's Life in a Suitcase
"A Man's Life in a Suitcase John Edward Barry, Mexico, 1939 Mexico Historical Society Text by Irene Hutchinson Images contributed by Mexico…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid
"Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid Text by Shirley Dolloff and Constance V. Bragdon Photo contributed by Peru Historical Society Leonard Trask was…"