Leather bound ledger of the Saco Manufacturing Company. Contains the payroll records of the workers from the establishment of the textile factory in 1828 through 1830 when the factory burned to the ground.
Dimensions
Height
15-5/8 in
Width
10 in
Depth
2 in
Interpretative Labels
Label Type
Cultural/Historical Context
Label
In 1826, a group of investors from Boston and Saco established the Saco Manufacturing Company, the first textile factory in Saco. The company built a seven-story wooden cotton mill, company boarding houses, and began construction on a canal from the head of the falls to the factory. Unfortunately, in February 1830, the factory and most of the workers’ housing was consumed by a disastrous fire. This ledger records the wage payments for the mill workers.
