The expenses of a paper mill, Brewer, ca. 2004
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Maine Folklife Center, Univ. of Maine
The Durrahs are not alone in believing that money was the problem that caused the mill to close.
Richard Smith also recalls the financial issues of Eastern. Smith was an engineer for Eastern and had retired before the mill closed.
Smith states that the high operating costs lead to mill's closure.
Listen to Richard Smith discuss why he thinks the mill closed in his interview with Pauleena MacDougall:
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