The Presumpscot River was an early transportation corridor to interior Maine; and provided reliable water power at Little Falls.

[5] The canal fell into disuse after the Portland and Ogdensburg Railway was completed through South Windham in 1875.

Brown and Company to build a large brick wood-paper board factory at South Windham in 1875.

[8] On April 4, 1919, the legislature passed an act creating the Reformatory for Men at South Windham.

It is now the Maine Correctional Center, a minimum to medium security facility for men and women.