Bates Mill Complex

1. Bates Mill Complex Photo Essay by Leah

2. Sign Listing Bates Businesses By a Third Grader

3. Mill#1. By a Third Grader

4. Building E stands in front of the clock and bell tower /connector that joined together Mills# 1 and #2 in the early 1920s. By a Third Grader

5. This is Mill # 5, built in 1914 for the weaving of bedspreads for Bates Manufacturing. • Lewiston’s Master Plan recommends turning this mill into Maine’s only major convention center. By a Third Grader

6. Mill # 7, built in 1880 and used mainly as a storehouse, is now an operations center for People’s Heritage Bank . By a Third Grader

7. To the left is Mill # 7 (Peoples Bank) . • To the right is Mill #3 , It was used as a woolen mill, then a cotton mill. By a Third Grader

8. To the left is mill #4. It is still used by Bates of Maine as a bleachery for cotton cloth. • Mill #6 is to the right . Bates is using it as a packing and shipping center. By a Third Grader

9. These are the walkways that connect Mill # 5 to the rest of the Bates Mill Complex. By a Third Grader

10. One of two concrete silos remaining from an abandoned bio -mass energy plant. By a Third Grader

11. The End By a Third Grader