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Description
The Cape Steam Power Generating Station at Knightsville in South Portland, part of Central Maine Power Co.
It was built in 1921 on the site of the old Portland Dry Dock. It produced its first power November 20, 1922 through cables to substations at Plum Street, Forest Avenue and Sewell Street in Portland.
About This Item
- Title: Cape Steam Power Generating Station, South Portland, ca. 1935
- Creation Date: circa 1935
- Subject Date: circa 1935
- Location: South Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Local Code: Photographs -- South Portland -- Business Enterprises
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Smokestacks--Maine--South Portland
- Power plants--Maine--South Portland
- Central Maine Power Company--Facilities
- Industrial facilities--Maine--South Portland
- Steam
- Smoke
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