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    Bucket Factory and Pail Mill, Edmunds, Maine

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    A bucket factory was located on the Edmunds side of the Dennys River, just below the Lincoln's mill dam in the mid-nineteenth century. Marked on the 1861 map of the Dennysville Village and operated by G. and C. Eastman, by 1881 it had been replaced by a machine shop. The mill worker's boarding house is visible above the roofline of the factory building, and the famous State Seal pines are located on the bank beside it. Stacks of lumber are piled to dry on the bank above. Photo courtesy of The Tides Institute, Eastport, Maine.
    Bucket Factory and Pail Mill, Edmunds, Maine, c. 1880; A bucket factory was located on the Edmunds side of the Dennys River, just below the Lincoln's mill dam. Marked on the 1861 map of the Dennysville Village, it has disappeared by 1881, replaced by machine shop. The roof of the mill worker's boarding house is visible above the roofline of the factory building, and the famous State Seal pines are located beside it. Photo Courtesy of The Tides Institute, Eastport, Maine
    Bucket Factory and Pail Mill, Dam and Corner of Dennysville Lumber Company; A bucket factory was located on the Edmunds side of the Dennys River, just below the Lincoln's millpond in the mid-nineteenth century, seen here overflowing the dam. Marked on the 1861 map of the Dennysville Village, by 1881 it had been replaced by a machine shop. The roof of the mill worker's house is visible beyond the roofline of the factory building, and the famous State Seal pines are located on the bank beside it. Stacks of lumber are piled to dry on the bank above. Photo courtesy of The Tides Institute, Eastport, Maine. Bucket Factory below the Mill Dam on the map of Dennysville Village in 1861; Detail of Dennysville Village from the Topographical Map of the County of Washington, Maine, published by Lee and Marsh, New York,1861. The bucket factory is located on the Edmunds side of the Dennys River, listed in the business directory under the name of G. and C. Eastman, manufacturer's of pails and churns