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At their peak, the mills employed 330 workers. The era of the mills was Stockholm's boom period, and saw the town grow to a peak population,
estimated at 1300 in the mid 1920s'. It was also in this period that the predominantly Swedish community was diversified by an influx of French Canadians and Yankee settlers from Southern Maine, drawn by the
promise of jobs in the booming mills. The Great Depression spelled the end of Stockholm's boom. The Atlas Plywood Company, which had taken over the old Standard Veneer Plant, removed the steam from the
mill in 1932, and removed all operations to Canada in 1935. The end of the industrial boom also meant the end of Stockholm's population boom. The population declined rapidly after 1930, and today stands at
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