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    E.I. White's Mill, Edmunds, Maine

    Postcard
    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 Crew

    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.
    E.I. White's Steam Mill, with Hallowell's Island in the background, South Edmunds, Maine, c. 1905; Postcard view of E.I. Whites Steam Mill. Note the small boy in the foreground. Crew at the E.I. White Steam Mill in South Edmunds, c. 1905; Everett I White may be the man in the suit and tie in the middle of the work crew.