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18-1019: George Hammond may refer to: George W. Hammond (1833–1908), American businessman George Hammond (cricketer) (born 1976), South African cricketer George Hammond (diplomat) (1763–1853), first British envoy to the United States George Hammond ( Stargate ) (1942–2008), fictional character in the television series Stargate SG-1 George Hammond (rugby union) (born 2000), English rugby union player George F. Hammond (1855–1938), American architect George P. Hammond (1896–1993), American historian and Latin American scholar George S. Hammond (1921–2005), American chemist George Hammond (racing driver) (1902/3–?), American racing driver George Hamond (1620–1705), also Hammond, English nonconformist minister See also [ edit ] Hammond (surname) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

36-545: A Freemason . A member of the American Horticultural Society , he was a keen arborist , and his knowledge of trees and plants earned him a place on the Overseers' Committee at Harvard University 's Gray Herbarium between 1888 and the time of his death. The Hammonds were members of Yarmouth's First Parish Congregational Church and Boston's Trinity Church . Hammond died on January 6, 1908, aged 74. He

54-510: A soda pulp mill was being run by H. M. Clark, Homer F. Locke and Henry Furbush, to which Samuel Dennis Warren and George W. Hammond bought the rights in 1874 and renamed it from Yarmouth Paper Company to the Forest Paper Company . Beginning with a single wooden building, the facility expanded to ten buildings covering as many acres , including a span over the river to Factory Island. Two bridges to it were also constructed. In 1909, it

72-472: A few months after George, at the age of 67. His body was returned to the family's hometown of Grafton for interment. He received an honorary degree of Master of Arts degree from Bowdoin College in 1900. After finishing school, Hammond began working at Howe & Leeds Wholesale West India Goods Store on Boston 's Long Wharf . The same year, he became a clerk with J. W. Blodgett & Co. Hammond attended

90-629: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages George W. Hammond Hammond was also co-owner of Forest Paper Company , which was the largest paper mill in the world at the time of his death. The mill was also known as a pioneer in the processing of soda pulp . Hammond was born on April 4, 1833, in Grafton, Massachusetts , to Josiah and Anna Warren. One of his siblings, William Henry (1841–1908), followed him to Maine. He worked in Portland until his death,

108-769: Is interred in Mount Auburn Cemetery , Cambridge, Massachusetts . Third Falls The Third Falls are the third of four waterfalls in Yarmouth, Maine , United States. They are located on the Royal River , approximately 2.8 miles (4.5 km) from its mouth with inner Casco Bay at Yarmouth Harbor , and approximately 0.4 miles (0.64 km) upstream of the Second Falls . The river appealed to settlers because its 45-foot rise in close proximity to navigable water each provided potential waterpower sites. As such, each of

126-536: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a special student on the chemistry of paper manufacturing. After moving to Maine part-time, in 1853 he accepted a position at his uncle Samuel Dennis Warren's S. D. Warren Paper Mill in Cumberland Mills . By 1857, he was superintendent, a role in which remained for five years. His next position was as the mill's agent. In 1874, Hammond and Warren bought

144-510: The four falls was used to power 57 mills between 1674 and the mid-20th century. Also known as the Baker Falls, the Third Falls were, by far, the most industrious of the four. The first buildings — Jeremiah Baker's grist mill, a carding mill and a nail mill — were erected in 1805 between Bridge Street and East Elm Street on the eastern side of the river. On the western (or town) side of

162-480: The mill and carried pulp away. The mill closed in 1923, when import restrictions on pulp were lifted and Swedish pulp became a cheaper option. The mill burned in 1931, leaving charred remains on the site until the development of the park in the early 1980s. In 1971, the Marine Corps Reserve tore down the old factory, before a Navy demolition team used fourteen cases of dynamite to raze the remains. Most of

180-760: The property became known as the Camp . The Hammonds also formed the Antiquarian Society in order to facilitate the 1890 purchase of the North Yarmouth and Freeport Baptist Meetinghouse on Yarmouth's Hillside Street. It became a library and museum, known as the Hillside Library. Among the many roles Hammond took on without payment was as president of the Yarmouth Water Committee , established in 1895, which sourced its water supply from Hammond Spring on

198-572: The property of Forest Paper Company. Hammond donated Forest Paper Company land for the 1903 construction of Merrill Memorial Library, on Main Street, which was designed by Alexander Longfellow , a nephew of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow . Hammond served in the Maine Legislature between 1868 and 1870, was on the Maine Board of Agriculture and the board of trustees of North Yarmouth Academy ,

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216-407: The rights to Yarmouth Paper Company, in Yarmouth, Maine , at the town's Third Falls . They renamed it Forest Paper Company. Beginning with a single wooden building, the facility expanded to ten buildings covering as many acres, including a span over the Royal River to Factory Island. Two bridges to it were also constructed. In 1909, the year following Hammond's death, it was the largest such mill in

234-532: The river was a scythe and axe factory owned by Joseph C. Batchelder. Benjamin Gooch's fulling mill followed in 1830, but it later moved to the Fourth Falls. The Yarmouth Paper Company, which produced paper pulp, was established in 1864, owned by C.D. Brown Paper Company. The main access road to it was an extended version of today's Mill Street, off Main Street. The original building burned in 1870. Two years later,

252-408: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Hammond&oldid=1188889176 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

270-519: The world, employing 275 people. Hammond also worked at the S. D. Warren mill until 1876, before transferring full-time to Yarmouth as the manager of the new business. The mill became known as a pioneer in the processing of soda pulp . Hammond retired from active business on January 1, 1906. Hammond married Ellen Sarah Sophia Clarke (1833–1905), the sister-in-law of Samuel Warren, in 1874. Hammond survived her by three years upon her death in 1905. Along with New York architect Alexander Twombly, who

288-848: Was a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science , the Society of Chemical Industry , the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers , The Society of Arts and Crafts of Boston , the Massachusetts Historical Society , the New England Historic Genealogical Society (from January 1876), The Bostonian Society and the Franklin Institute . He was also

306-580: Was the engineer and draftsman of Forest Paper Company, Hammond designed what is today known as Camp Hammond , set back from Yarmouth's Main Street and from which Hammond could see his mill. Twombly also designed several buildings in Boston. Frederick Law Olmsted , who designed Central Park in New York City, designed the gardens of the property. With the Hammonds splitting their time between Boston and Yarmouth,

324-462: Was the largest such mill in the world, employing 275 people. The mill used 15,000 cords (54,000  m ) of poplar each year, which meant mounds of logs were constantly in view beside Mill Street. Six railroad spurs extended from the tracks running behind Main Street to the Forest Paper Company, traversing today's Royal River Park . Rail cars delivered logs, coal , soda and chlorine to

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