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By 1866 Lewiston had 8 cotton mills, 33 water wheels, and 220,000 spindles. Its mills produced 30 million yards of cloth and employed over 3,500 female workers and 1,500 male workers, including children as well as adults.
Maine Forest & Logging Museum also known as Leonard's Mills, has Maine's only operational saw mill. Morgan's Mills in Union, Maine produces wholesale grist mill products. Scribner's Mills in Harrison, Maine is working on reconstructing an up-and-down sawmill.
The Lermond Mill, now also known as Morgan's Mill, is a historic mill complex on Payson Road in Union, Maine. With a history dating to the late 18th century, and its present buildings from the early 19th century, it is one of the oldest operational water-powered mills in the state of Maine.
Welcome to our website for the Mill at Freedom Falls, Freedom, Maine. Read about the history of the Mill, built in 1834, and the ongoing restoration efforts.
The Lewiston Mills and Water Power System Historic District encompasses the major 19th-century mill complexes and associated water power systems in Lewiston, Maine. Developed beginning in 1850, Lewiston's canals and mills were the largest textile mill complex in the state, and one of the best-preserved mature large-scale expressions of the ...
8 sty 2022 · Blue Hill’s Early Water-Powered Mills. John Roundy and Joseph Wood, the first settlers, arrived in Blue Hill, Maine, in 1762. They may have heard rumors of an exceptional water power somewhere on the coast of Maine east of the Penobscot River.
The Mayall Mills, 1791-1902. Beginning a mill in 1791 along Collyer Brook in what is now Gray, Maine, Samuel Mayall's operation became the first successful water-powered woolen mill in North America.
