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Description
A hand-painted sign reminds utility crews that a home is without power -- and that an electric line is on the ground nearby.
Such signs were frequent during the ice storm of 1998 when many homes in Maine were without electricity for one or two weeks.
About This Item
- Title: Sign requesting electric power, 1998
- Creation Date: 1998
- Subject Date: 1998
- Media: Paint on plywood
- Local Code: 2004.090.0410
- Collection: Central Maine Power Company collection
- Object Type: Physical Object
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Assistance
- Blizzards--Maine
- Central Maine Power Company
- Electric power failures
- Electricity--Maine
- Power shortages--Maine
- Public utility companies
- Signs (Notices)
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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