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The first factory built on the site of Fort Andross was established by the Brunswick Cotton Manufacturing Company, harnessing power from the Androscoggin River at Brunswick Falls. This was the first cotton mill to be built in Maine and only the sixth in the USA. The company was incorporated March 4,
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It was standard practice for small independent shoe manufacturers to close over the December holidays. A full two and one-half months after the time when annual operations were normally resumed, management still publicly claimed that the layoff was merely seasonal. They closed in December 1973 and
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decided to dismantle Fort George. A petition was sent to the legislature, by the inhabitants of Brunswick and Topsham, asking for the fort to remain. The petition was denied. The property was reverted to the proprietors who leased it, together with all the buildings and land connected with it, to
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marking the burial place of Benjamin Larrabee, agent of the Pejepscot proprietors, one of the commanders of Fort George, and the ancestor of the Larrabees living in this vicinity. There were also the gravestones of Robert and Andrew Dunning, who were killed by Native Americans at Mason's rock in
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In 1865 an addition to the building of 70 feet (21 m) was made on the east side and 50 feet (15 m) on the west side, making two wings on the ends. In 1867 the mill had 26,000 spindles. The company owned thirty acres of land on the two sides of the river and seventy-five
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The ruins of the fort, with some portions of the wall yet standing, were seen as late as 1802. The materials of the old fort were used in the construction of dwellings in Brunswick and Topsham. Some of the lime mortar from the fort was used for the foundations of these buildings.
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Maine Street, drilled a hole into a rock in the ground and drove an iron bolt 1.25 inches (32 mm) think, in diameter and 18 inches (460 mm) in length. Technically not a memorial, as it was used for surveying purposes, the iron bolt was removed during the
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In 1942 the Cabot Manufacturing Company sold the factory to the Verney Corporation who called the mill Verney Brunswick Mills. This would be the last mill to occupy the site first built in 1809. The Verney Brunswick Mill was used for cotton, rayon and
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To mark the site of Fort Andross (1688–1694) and Fort George (1715–1737). Also the earliest burial place, where are buried Benjamin Larrabee, agent of the Pejepscot Proprietors and Commander of Fort George also Robert and Andrew Dunning killed by the
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In 1955 the Gera Corporation bought the mill from the Verney Corporation but quickly sold it to George Lewis, a Portland realty developer and food wholesaler who bought the old mill at a cost of $ 500,000 and named it the Lewis Industrial Building.
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On August 12, 1881, Franco-American children as young as seven years old went on strike and the mill had to shut down for three days. The striking children were offered one penny more an hour, the same pay as the nearby
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In 1857 the company had two hundred and thirty-five looms. There were 9,000 spindles at work; the mill gave employment to one hundred and seventy-five employees, and turned out 50,000 yards of cotton per week.
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that were fought in the area, the inhabitants of Brunswick and Topsham gathered within the walls of the fort whenever they felt unsafe. But there were also times when trade ran fluidly with the natives.
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of the old Fort George stood. The addition was 196 feet (60 m) long and 118.5 feet (36.1 m) wide and four stories high, putting the capacity of spindles up to 65,000 with 900 employees.
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Soon after the fire, a mill for carding wool and dressing cloth was established by John Dyer. It was called the Eagle Factory and it stood at the end of the previous mill. It was removed in 1834.
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After Fort George was abandoned in 1736, seventy three years passed before the site was once again occupied. There were several mills built on the site from 1809 to the 1950s, manufacturing
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In 1891 the Cabot Manufacturing company asked, and was granted access to the town owned lot within feet (meters) of their mill for the purpose of expansion. This small lot is where the
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machines. 100,000 yards (91,000 m) of cotton cloth were made per season. About one hundred people were employed at that time but the mill was destroyed by a fire in 1825.
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raced through the Brunswick's Franco-American population, the State of Maine ordered the Cabot Manufacturing Company to clean up the tenements it had neglected.
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Among the tenants of the Lewis Industrial Building was the Auerbach Shoe Company. In 1968, Auerbach Shoe was ranked tenth for footwear manufacturers in all of
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failing to pay their assessments, it was sold at auction in 1857. A number of the former owners bought up the stock and re-organized under the name of
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In total, aside from the Fort Andross site, the company had four additional mills of equal size, two dwelling houses, three stories high, one store, a
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During the span of Fort George (1715–1736), many local proprietors of the lands in Brunswick and Topsham volunteered as soldiers to garrison the Fort.
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The Brunswick Company ran this factory until 1840, when they leased it to Mr. Allen Colby, who managed it until March 1843, when it was sold at
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from the previous owners, was bought for $ 40,000. The company was organized in the summer of 1848, but a few years later, it also failed.
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To mark the location of both forts, in 1810, three surveyors from the town of Brunswick, John Abbot, John Perry Jr. and Jacob Abbot, while
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The History of Brunswick, Topsham, and Harpswell, Maine has long been considered the authoritative text on the three towns through 1878.
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George Way. Purchase had settled in the area, four years prior, in 1628, setting up a trading post to buy and sell goods, mainly
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75,000 from donations to the organization Brunswick Public Art and was painted by artists Jen Greta Cart and Chris Cart of
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In 1834, The Brunswick Company was incorporated and bought the land. Among the corporators was the 11th governor of Maine,
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of the old fort, with the buildings and land belonging to it, and the privilege of the stream at the falls, half to
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in honor of Fort Andross and Fort George, as well as respecting the place of burial of Larrabee and the Dunnings.
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and furs along the Androscoggin River. The site was adjacent to a 41 foot (12 metres) waterfall known then as
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looking for work. In response to this demand, the Cabot mill built tenement housing for the new force of
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roofed, wooden building, and stood next to Brunswick Falls on the ruins of Fort Andross and Fort George.
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History of Brunswick, Topsham, and Harpswell, Maine: Including the Ancient Territory Known as Pejepscot
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from Boston, Massachusetts, bought the factory. Due to a large amount of debt and a number of the
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In 1675, the settlements in Pejepscot were burned by the French and their native allies during
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workers. These tenements were located on Mill Street within walking distance of the mill.
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Brunswick. The site of this cemetery was covered with mill buildings in the early 1800s.
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in October 1812. The mill was made from wood and Deacon John Perry was the first agent.
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Governor Edmund Andros, it is not known as to why the spelling changed, adding an extra
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deemed it unnecessary to retain the fort any longer, even though earlier in the year,
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housed fifteen men. A large two story dwelling house, appearing above the walls and a
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sufficient to have as many saws and spindles of cotton machinery as there was space.
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The second mill was that of the Maine Cotton and Woolen Factory Company, which was
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In the 19th century, the site of the fort was repurposed as a location for several
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On July 3, 1847, the Warumbo Manufacturing Company (not to be confused with
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There are several notations of the fort where it is spelled both with one
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Artist rendition of Fort George, drawn from memory by Danielle Stone Sr.
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was created from a revision of this article dated 11 July 2023
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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
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George Harwood. He occupied the premises until November 1, 1761.
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As the series of wars were beginning to end in the region, the
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was used until the town was incorporated in 1739. There were
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Adjoining the stone fort built by Governor Andros in 1689, a
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on the banks of the Androscoggin River and controlled by the
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Coming full circle, the name of the building was changed to
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In the 1980s the old mill was briefly used for storage by
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in full operation, and 240 woollen spindles, nine woollen
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Site of colonial forts & cotton mills, Brunswick Maine
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was completed on the south side of the building facing
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the authoritative text on the three towns through 1878.
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The History of Brunswick, Topsham, and Harpswell, Maine
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was filed on behalf of the employees who lost their
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History of Brunswick, Topsham, and Harpswell, Maine
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Fort George (Brunswick, Maine)
Dominion of New England
Brunswick, Maine

The Brunswick Company
The Cabot Manufacturing Company
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Fort George
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Brunswick Falls
Androscoggin River
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