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Item 74760
Title: Maine Yankee Atomic Power Station, Wiscasset, ca. 1972
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1972
Location: Wiscasset
Media: Photograph
Item 74756
Title: Bucket crew at work on power lines, 1969
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1969
Media: Photograph
Item 74757
Title: 'No power' sign, 1998
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1998
Media: Paint on cardboard
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Walter Wyman's vision to capture the power of Maine's rivers to produce electricity led to the formation of Central Maine Power Co. and to a struggle within the state over what should happen to the power produced by the state's natural resources.
Exhibit
Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine
As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.