Another beautiful Maine summer morning so I decided to head out on my Cycle toward Parsonsfield where there is an old Woolen Mill. Originally started in 1880 it was a major employer in this rural part of Maine until it closed in the 1990’s, when it was no longer able to compete with cheap foreign goods. I was there a year or two ago but thought it was time to go back as supposedly its going on the auction block next month, although doubt that it will garner much interest.
I couldn’t pass up stopping and taking a picture of this wreck of an old store
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This is a historic photo of the mill from 1907
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It doesn’t look a whole lot different today
3. The mill proper
Management offices
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The place is mostly cleared out
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Although here and there are some old machines and parts
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Signs from better days
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Power House
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Inside the Management buildings
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View out over the river. In the day this place ran both off the power house and hydro power
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I couldn’t pass up stopping and taking a picture of this wreck of an old store
1.
This is a historic photo of the mill from 1907
2.
It doesn’t look a whole lot different today
3. The mill proper
Management offices
4
The place is mostly cleared out
5
Although here and there are some old machines and parts
6.
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Signs from better days
10.
11.
Power House
12.
Inside the Management buildings
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15.
View out over the river. In the day this place ran both off the power house and hydro power
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