Maine Memory Network

Maine Yankee reactor pit construction, Wiscasset, 1968

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1968 Location: Wiscasset Media: Photographic print

Maine Yankee brochure, Wiscasset, 1975

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1975 Location: Wiscasset Media: Ink on paper

Central Maine Power Co. sub station, Augusta, 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1920 Location: Augusta; Augusta Client: Central Maine Power Co. Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Central Maine Power plant, Skowhegan, 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1920–1921 Location: Skowhegan Client: Central Maine Power Co. Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Walter Wyman and River Power

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.

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.

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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