Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-28
AniInportant Water Power
Development at I opsham.
Leased to Pejepscoi Paper Co.
For Long Term Of Years.
Designed to Utilize Waste Flow
When River Is High.


-Aone Of the most important water
power developments in this section OF
the state, this year, was the building
of the new pulp mill for the Pejepscot
Paper Company in this town.
This mill was built by the Cabot
Manufacturing Company ON the Tops
ham side of its dam and has been
leased to the Pejepscot Paper Com
pany for a long term of years. 1t IS
designed to utilize the waste flow or
water during periods when the An
droscoggin river is high and at night
time.
In building this mill it was neces-
sary 10 erect Golfer dams at two levels.
enclosing about 10000 square feet'
About 5000 cubit yards of ledge had TO
be excaYated. This work was started
and carried on so that the ledge ex-
cavated crushed furnished stone 1or
the concrete.
The mill itself is a building 116 feet,
6 inches. By H. feet. s inches. There
is a head gate platform in front OF the
min 32xll3 feet. a solid masonry dam
535 feet long extends from q ledge i'll
the river to the abutment on the river
side of the Min. on the shore side of
the mill there is wing retaining wall
about IS feet long. The head gates
are ahead OF the racks and are pros
tected by concrete fender wall 20
feet deep.
There are four fumes having two
gates each. The openings are S1sx
q
14l4 feet, In addition there Is
nume OF ponstock 1877 feet long,
20Hl5 feet and having three gates.
Each forebay is 80 feet deep and IL
feet wide. The fumes leading from
the foreaays are SO feet long by 70
feet wide and Is feet deep. Each
fiume contains three pairs of S5 inch
Victor turbines developing 1870 horse
power per unit under a twenty foot
head. These four fumes do not
arive anything but the grinders, three
to a unit The long fiume or penstoek
is a power unit and has ono pair of
S5-inch wheels for power purposes
The walls OF the tail races run at
right angles to the fiEme walls. max
ing three tail races having four par
of wheels discharging into each race.
These. tail races are S. feet long DN
1920 feet The extreme height OF
the abatment, head gate platform and
retaining wall is about 81 feet from
the bottom Of the river al, the tail race
side of the mill and S6h feet from the
head cate platform aud retaining wall
~ the gate sill The abutmeut. head
gate platform and retaining wall are
1. feet above the top of the dam.
over the fumes and back of the
forebav is the wet machine room, the
floor of which is 1iIs feet below the
head gate platform. Directly in front
Of the fumes and IA feet below the
level of the wet machine room is the
grinder room. The wet machine room
is GO feet inches by ITO feet, while
the grinder room is Al feet hcnes
by 81 feet. The wood room is on the
same level as the wet machine room
and over the long hume. It is 444eX2l
feet. Beneath the floor OF the
grinder room is the stock chest i
feet deep. At present twelve grinders
and seven wet machines have been
installed.
Tn to the floor levels the building is
of concrete, a total of 5000 cubit YARDS
having been used in the construction,
as we'll as 400 tons of steel About
2so. 900 brick were used in the con-
sfruetion of tha upper part OF the
.bailding The roof is OF yellow pine
plank covered with tar and gravel
The roof level is 16ia feet above the
floor of the wet room and 81 feet above
the floor of the grinder room, In the
wet, machine and wood rooms wooden
trusses are used, but in the grinder
room the trusses are of steel. The
waste space at the end of the fumes is
utilized FOR white water tanks. To
make the mill yard required $500
cubit yards of filling. A railroad sid
ing has been built from the Lewiston
branch of the Maine Central railroad,
a distance of 5000 feet.
The mill is now completely finished
and has been in operation for num-
Der of weeks William McMackin, for
merly of the Pejepscot mill of the
company, has been appointed superin-
tendent of the new mill. Al present
between 40 and 45 hands are employed
at the mill and the output is about so
tons day During high runs of
water, the output will be greatly in
creased.
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