Bates Manufacturing Magazine. May, 1946 issue. Bates Manufacturing Company, with head office based in Lewiston, Maine. Published for stockholders and employees of the 5 Divisions of Bates Manufacturing Co. including Bates, Edwards, Hill, York, and Androscoggin divisions. Original magazine publication containing 34 pages. Condition: Magazine is complete, intact, with solid binding in very good condition. Comments: The Bates Manufacturing Company, known also as the Bates Mill, was a textile factory company founded in 1850 and located at 35 Canal Street in Lewiston, Maine. The mill served as Maine's largest employer through the 1860s, and early profits from the mill provided much of the initial capital for nearby Bates College. Currently, the mill buildings are home to several new businesses, apartments, and a small museum. Maine Governor John Hubbard signed the incorporation act on August 16, 1850 and Mill #1 was completed in 1852. Bates built the mill in Lewiston due to its location at Lewiston Falls, which initially provided power to the mill.