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History, hope tangled up in fate of Bates Mill No. 5
LEWISTON — As mill buildings go, Bates Mill No. 5 stands alone. It certainly looks unlike others. In place of the rectangular block construction favored in most 19th- and early 20th-century mill buildings, Bates Mill No. 5 is an odd trapezoid with a sawtooth roof.

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