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Activity: Mills in Orford

Era: The Making of Modern America (1865 – 1925)
Type of Document: Photograph
Theme: Agriculture and Industry

Slide the Magic Lens over the photograph.


plus  How is this mill powered
By water. The stream is dammed.
plus  What kind of mill is this? How can you tell?
It is a sawmill. There are large piles of logs outside as well as large piles of sawdust. There are finished boards piled in front of the building.
plus  Was this photograph taken before or after cars and trucks were used to transport materials? How can you tell?
The horse and buggy suggests that the lumber would have been transported by horse or oxen.

Historical Context: meanwhile... mills in larger communities, such as Lowell, Massachusetts, grew larger and more powerful, employing many hundreds of people at a time. Lowell Mills