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2. Bates Mill - Wikipedia

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   The Bates Mill is a textile factory company founded in 1850 and located at 35 Canal Street in Lewiston, Maine. The mill served as Maine's largest employer through the 1860s, and early profits from the mill provided much of the initial capital for nearby Bates College. Currently, the mill buildings are home to several new businesses, apartments ...

3. Harold Alfond - Wikipedia

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   After graduating from high school in 1934, Alfond got a job at Kesslen Shoe Company in Kennebunk, Maine, where his father worked. In a short time, he rose from odd shoe boy to factory superintendent. In 1940, Alfond and his father bought a shoe factory in Norridgewock, Maine, and founded Norrwock Shoe Company. They sold the company to Shoe Corp ...

4. Allen Edmonds - Wikipedia

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   Around 2000-2005, as online shopping increased, the brand faced competition for its $600 range, American-made shoes from European brands and upstart U.S. brands like To Boot New York introducing new products such as Italian-made shoes in the $300–350 range which were generally lighter and sleeker, and seemed more modern, even if they were not ...

5. Freeport, Maine - Wikipedia

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   Freeport is included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England City and town area. The population was 8,737 at the 2020 census . [ 2 ] Once home to a prominent shipbuilding industry, timber operations, and farming, it is now known for its numerous outlet stores; Freeport is home to L.L. Bean , Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park , and ...

6. Horatio G. Foss House - Wikipedia

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   The house was designed by Gibbs & Pulsifer, an architectural firm based in Lewiston, and built for Horace G. Foss. Foss was the owner the Dingley-Foss Company, a manufacturer of footwear employing 500-600 workers, and served in the Maine House of Representatives in 1911.

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8. Fort Andross - Wikipedia

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   In 1968, Auerbach Shoe was ranked tenth for footwear manufacturers in all of New England selling women's and children's boots. [ 15 ] During the 1970s gas crisis , Auerbach Shoe was experiencing a shortage of vinyl, a petroleum derivative. in 1974 Auerbach went through a slack period , which was supposed to be temporary, but the plant never ...

9. Lewiston, Maine - Wikipedia

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   Lewiston (/ ˈ l uː ɪ s t ən /; [5] French:) is the second most populous city in the U.S. state of Maine, with the city's population at 37,121 as of the 2020 United States Census. ...