E.I. White's Mill, Edmunds, Maine
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Around 1900, Machias businessman Everett I. White purchased thousands of acres in and around Edmunds and built a steam mill on the shore by the South Edmunds Road across from Hallowell's Island. In 1908, a disastrous forest fire consumed most of the forest land and burned the mill to he ground.
Everett I. White, a resident of Machias, purchased extensive timber and farmlands in Washington County and operated mills in Edmunds and Jonesboro and a shipyard at Machias. His large scale logging, milling and store business in Edmunds lasted for about ten years during the early 1900's. In February, 1903, a dam was built on Hobart Stream and woods roads were laid out for the conveyance of logs to the mill on the shore of Cobscook Bay. In 1908 a large fire consumed hundreds of acres of timber on White's and in 1912, after the mill had burned, the company store was sold to South Edmunds residents for use as a church.
![E.I White's Steam Mill in Edmunds, Maine. c. 1905, viewed from Hallowell's Island; An boom is anchored to Hallowell's Island to retrieve any stray logs that may escape the timbers confined closer to the mill.](https://d8e7jbdw4fu0e.cloudfront.net/9956/b74cfaf0-c1aa-11ed-9355-2b717aa90efb-ufvd5Tq.lg@2x.jpg)