wire, wood, grains
There were several dams and 9 various mills on Vaughan stream in Hallowell.
Brothers Charles and Benjamin Vaughan built a flour mill using water power from their stream in 1793.
Over the years the stream powered an iron works, a machine shop, lumber mill and sandpaper mill at Sheppards Point at the southern end of Hallowell.
I represented the mills on Vaughan stream by having large millwork gears next to the flowing symbolic river.
artist, Chris Cart
3 dams on the stream
In 1870 Henry Harding opened the Kennebec Wire Company on Vaughan Stream. He imported huge coils of 1/4 inch wire from Boston and Portland. The wire was then run through the mill to create smaller dimension wire for use.
Benjamin Tenney, who also became Hallowell mayor, ran a Sandpaper mill on the stream.
Later Hallowell Light and Power used water power to generate electricity for the industry and houses in the area.
In the 1850s, the company of Prescott & Fuller Iron Foundry was formed on Milliken’s Crossing, in Hallowell, Maine. The founder was Mr. J.P. Flagg, and the owner was George Fuller who also owned Machinists Manufacturers.
wire, wood, grains
Shoe factory, boots for soldiers with notes…
Textile mills….
One story I was told was that during the war the shoe factory made boots and factory workers would add notes of encouragement in the boots for the soldiers.
artist, Chris Cart
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