| 词条 | Walker Woolen Mill |
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The Walker Woolen Mill was built in Wilton, Maine in 1840,[1] using virgin and virtually extinct forest pine from the southern United States. It was largely built over the next 40–50 years, with local large local pine and wood eventually shipped using the transcontinental Railroad.[2] Maine is the most wooded state in the USA, and has a long history of manufacturing everything from shoes to paper.[3] Owner Charles Forster is called the "father of the toothpick"[4] and built the world's first toothpick mill here in 1881. Once owned by New York real estate failson Donald Trump as part of a greater acquisition of other properties, the site is famous enough to commonly have its own postcard still sold on eBay, and a lively recent history, with recent attempts to dismantle it and sell the steel and wood that started growing 600 years ago coming against funding issues. Plans to take do a "hybrid deconstruction" will necessitate using one of the world's largest excavator References1. ^{{cite web|last=Wilton|first=Town of|title=HISTORY OF WILTON TIME LINE|url=http://www.wiltonmaine.org/whs/timeline.html|publisher=Town of Wilton, Maine|accessdate=14 February 2013}} {{coord missing|Maine}}2. ^{{cite web|last=Magazine|first=History|title=Transcontinental Railroad|url=http://www.history.com/topics/transcontinental-railroad|work=History Magazine|publisher=History Magazine|accessdate=14 February 2013}} 3. ^{{cite web|last=Sturdevant|first=Joseph|title=Inventor of the Toothpick was from Maine.|url=http://birkenstocks.sandals4less.com/blog/shoe-mills/ |work=Maine Mill History|publisher=C & E Jensen Assoc, LLC|accessdate=14 February 2013}} 4. ^{{cite web|last=Stanley|first=George|title=Charles Forster Fathered The Toothpick Industry And Built First Toothpick Mill|url=http://www.dixfieldhistory.com/resources/ToothpickIndustry.pdf|work=Town of Dixfield|publisher=Town of Dixfield, Maine|accessdate=14 February 2013}} 5. ^{{cite news|last=Wright|first=Michael|title=Twinkle Toes tackles largest project to date|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/christchurch-earthquake-2011/5977481/Twinkle-Toes-tackles-largest-project-to-date|accessdate=14 February 2013|newspaper=The Press|date=16 November 2011}} 6 : Industrial buildings completed in 1840|Wilton, Maine|Textile mills in the United States|Wooden buildings and structures in the United States|Buildings and structures in Franklin County, Maine|Economy of Franklin County, Maine |
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