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Lockwood Mill Historic District

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62: 857: 104: 285:. The mill complex includes three large brick buildings, and adjacent water control facilities for providing power to them. The mills are long rectangular buildings, ranging in height from two to five stories, with a shared commercial Italianate styling. The #1 mill was built in 1875, and the #2 and #3 mills in 1882 and 1883, each sporting a number of alterations and/or additions. Power facilities include a 1918-19 hydroelectric plant and dam, built to replace an older wooden crib dam. 79: 868: 111: 86: 297:. The mills built here used state-of-the-art "slow burning" construction techniques designed to minimize the spread of fire, including large-dimension timbers and no concealed spaces or attics. The mills were used in cotton textile manufacturing until 1956, and the #2 mill was used from 1957 to 1992 by the 288:
Waterville's industrial textile development was relatively late in comparison to other area communities. In 1866, local businessmen made an organized effort to provide a large-scale power plant, planning for industrial development on the site of older grist and sawmills. Pursuant to these
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development efforts, the #1 mill was built in 1875 through the efforts of financier Reuben Dunn and mill engineer Amos Lockwood. Lockwood had prior involvement with a number of mill development efforts in northern New England, including at
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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The former Lockwood Mill complex is located on the western bank of the
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List of jails and prisons on the National Register of Historic Places
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National Register of Historic Places in Kennebec County, Maine
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encompasses the only major 19th-century mill complex in
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Lockwood Mill Historic District is located in Maine
Lockwood Mill Historic District is located in the United States
Waterville, Maine
44°32′46″N 69°37′47″W / 44.54611°N 69.62972°W / 44.54611; -69.62972
Italianate
Colonial Revival
Georgian Revival
07000412
Waterville, Maine
Amos D. Lockwood
Hathaway Shirt Company
National Register of Historic Places
Kennebec River
Winslow
Saco
Lisbon Falls
Hathaway Shirt Company
National Register of Historic Places listings in Kennebec County, Maine


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service


"NRHP nomination for Lockwood Mill Historic District"
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