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Mechanic Falls, Androscoggin, ME
Ever since a paper mill was established on the Little Androscoggin River in 1850, the town has been part of Maine’s paper making economy.
After several previous names (Jerico, Groggy Harbor, and Bog Falls), it was renamed in 1841 to recognize all the mechanics who serviced the factories in town.
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- 1854 - Mechanics' Falls
Mechanics' Falls, a post-office of Cumberland co., Maine.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854. - 1889 - Mechanic Falls
The enterprising village of Mechanic Falls is composed partly of the territory of Poland and Minot, and its history is largely contained in that of the two latter. The Minot part was first settled in 1836, by Dean Andrews, who was shortly followed by Peter Thayer, Amos Chapman, Eli Washburne and...Read MORE... 
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Leading Business Men of LEWISTON, AUGUSTA and VICINITY, BOSTON, MERCANTILE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1889
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Postcard- 1893 - Mechanic Falls became a separate town.
www.polandtownoffice.org/ - 1895 - Mechanic Falls
Mechanic Fails, a post-village in Minot and Poland townships, Androscoggin co., Me., on an affluent of the Androscoggin River, and on the Grand Trunk Railroad, and the Portland & Oxford Central Railroad, 36 miles N. by W. of Portland. It has extensive manufactures of paper, and a manufactory of...Read MORE... 
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Firemans Hall, Mechanic Falls, Me., 1904
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Mechanic Falls, a post-township (town) of Androscoggin co., Me., on an affluent of the Androscoggin River and on the Grand Trunk and Portland and Rumford Falls Rs., 36 miles N. by W. of Portland. It has extensive manufactures of paper, wood-novelties, shoes, etc. Pop. in 1900, 1687.
Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906 
Fall on Little Androscoggin River, Mechanic Falls, Me. (1906)
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Pleasant St., Mechanic Falls, Me., 1919
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Leading Business Men of LEWISTON, AUGUSTA and VICINITY, BOSTON, MERCANTILE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1889
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Firemans Hall, Mechanic Falls, Me., 1904
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Fall on Little Androscoggin River, Mechanic Falls, Me. (1906)
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Pleasant St., Mechanic Falls, Me., 1919
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1854 - Mechanics' Falls
Mechanics' Falls, a post-office of Cumberland co., Maine.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
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1889 - Mechanic Falls
The enterprising village of Mechanic Falls is composed partly of the territory of Poland and Minot, and its history is largely contained in that of the two latter. The Minot part was first settled in 1836, by Dean Andrews, who was shortly followed by Peter Thayer, Amos Chapman, Eli Washburne and... Read MORE...
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1893 - Mechanic Falls became a separate town.
www.polandtownoffice.org/
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1895 - Mechanic Falls
Mechanic Fails, a post-village in Minot and Poland townships, Androscoggin co., Me., on an affluent of the Androscoggin River, and on the Grand Trunk Railroad, and the Portland & Oxford Central Railroad, 36 miles N. by W. of Portland. It has extensive manufactures of paper, and a manufactory of... Read MORE...
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1906
Mechanic Falls, a post-township (town) of Androscoggin co., Me., on an affluent of the Androscoggin River and on the Grand Trunk and Portland and Rumford Falls Rs., 36 miles N. by W. of Portland. It has extensive manufactures of paper, wood-novelties, shoes, etc. Pop. in 1900, 1687.
Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906
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