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Built in 1899 the Livermore Falls Pulp Mill used water and steam to produce ground pulp, which was sent to Lincoln, NH for making finished paper. The mill operated until 1955, when workers arrived finding the place locked and a note instructing them to report to the company in Lincoln. The mills dam lasted until 1973, leaving a 25 ft deep sandy beach frequented by the local college kids. Paper making was a profitable venture for the owners of the mill since it allowed them them to use the trees which were too small to be used for lumber. In 1868 a bridge was built at Livermore Falls. It was replaced in 1885 by an iron bridge made by the Berlin Iron Bridge Co., of East Berlin, CT. Known as the "Pumpkin Seed Bridge", after the unique shape, it's the only one of it's type in New Hampshire. Originally a double span, only a single span survives. The mill was so close to the railroad that it didn't require a spur. The railroad still runs by the old mill, as does Route 3. There is also a Livermore Falls Pulp Co. in Livermore Falls, Maine. This is a completely different mill. The Third Report for the Harvard College Class of 1897, from 1907, lists John Willard Lincoln in the business of the Livermore Falls Paper Company of Plymouth, NH. His mailing address is also listed as the mill. In 1912 the National Civic Federation releases The Trust Problem with replies from 16,000 representative Americans to a questionnaire sent out by DEPARTMENT ON REGULATION OF INDUSTRIAL CORPORATIONS. In the response from Alfred Stanley (B. Jan. 2, 1857), manager of the Livermore Falls Pulp Company of Plymouth, NH Mr. Stanley says "too much is said about "conservation" of our resources. If capital is to be interested to take the gold of coal from Alaska, let them combine and make money if they can in doing it. The men of corporations that get hold of gold are good spenders. It will do all of us more good than to preserve it in Alaska. (IUSSA Note: I guess Mr. Stanley wasn't interested in Alaska's oil.) In 1913 Alfred Stanley testifies in the congressional report Control of Corporations, Persons, and Firms Engaged in Interstate Commerce on behalf of Livermore Falls Pulp Co., Plymouth NH In 1916 Post's Pulp & Paper Directory lists Alfred Stanely as the manager of the facility. In 1918 Lockwood's Directory of the Paper and Stationary Trade lists the mill as being on the B&M railroad. The entry also states that the mill could produce 50,000 lbs running 24 hours a day with four Grinders and six Wet Machines. In 1919 The Signet of Phi Sigma Kappa lists Herbert W. (Wines) Stanley, son of Alfred and Mary Stanley (12/12/1890 - 12/25/1966), as being superintendent of the Livermore Falls Pulp Co., New Hampshire. In 1920 the Biennial Report of the Bureau of Labor of the State of New Hampshire states that the mill had 25, all male, employees. In 1922 the twenty-fifth Anniversary Report for the Harvard College Class of 1897 John Willard Lincoln's occupation is listed as Advertising, his address is unknown. The entry also states that he is married (as he was in the fifth report of 1917), spent 1893-95 in college and was born on October 2, 1875 at Hingham, Mass. to Luther Joshua Barker and Mary Agnes (Fuller) Lincoln. The 25th Anniversary Report lists the Third Report as his last reply when he was associated with the Livermore Falls Pulp Co., of Plymouth, NH who report that he is no longer with them, and his present whereabouts are unknown. An obituary dated November 7th, 1924 for John Willard Lincoln (Harvard College Class of 1897) states that Mr. Lincoln died after a short illness in NYC. He was buried in Deerfield, MA and was at one time with the Livermore Falls Pulp Company of Plymouth, New Hampshire, later engaged in the advertising business. 
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