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Historical Items

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Item 27516

Spool Mill and Williams Mill Stereoptic Card, Farmington, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Farmington Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Farmington Media: Stereograph

Item 33823

Transporting spool bars, Lincoln, 1916

Contributed by: Lincoln Historical Society Date: 1916-03-25 Location: Lincoln Media: Photographic print

Item 27453

Farmington Falls Spool Mill Fire, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Farmington Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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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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Silk Manufacturing in Westbrook

Cultivation of silkworms and manufacture of silk thread was touted as a new agricultural boon for Maine in the early 19th century. However, only small-scale silk production followed. In 1874, the Haskell Silk Co. of Westbrook changed that, importing raw silk, and producing silk machine twist threat, then fabrics, until its demise in 1930.

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Moosehead Steamboats

After the canoe, steamboats became the favored method of transportation on Moosehead Lake. They revolutionized movement of logs and helped promote tourism in the region.

Site Pages

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Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"These spool bars were sent to the Clark Thread Company of New Jersey to be threaded. In 1873-1875 a Scottish industrialist made visits to Lincoln on…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"Stowell and his three spool factories in Dixfield and a half-dozen or more in surrounding towns. Dixfield attracted the best talent in the legal…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Growing up DownEast
by Darrin MC Mclellan

Stories of growing up Downeast