Deering Lumber Company

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Dates:
Active 1869
Active 1959

Biographical notes:

Lumber company in Biddeford, Me., founded by Joseph G. Deering in 1866; son Frank Cutter Deering joined the business and it become known as J.G. Deering & Son; in 1920 Joseph Godfrey Deering, grandson of the original founder was general manager, becoming president in 1939; Godfrey Company (owned by Joseph G. Deering personally) was formed in 1958 after the sale of J.G. Deering & Son to Thomas Armstrong; at this time J.G. Deering & Son was renamed Deering Lumber Company; Godfrey Company continued to be involved with timber and lumber operations until the 1960s; Saco River Driving Company was wood operation and river subsidiary of J.G. Deering & Son; this latter was liquidated in 1959.

From the description of Records, 1869-1959. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70923070

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Subjects:

  • Actions and defenses
  • Electric power
  • Log driving
  • Logging
  • Lumbering
  • Lumber trade

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Places:

  • Saco River (N.H. and Me.) (as recorded)
  • Maine--Biddeford (as recorded)
  • Maine (as recorded)

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