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Keywords: Cumberland County Power and Light Company
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Item 74442
Title: Cumberland County Power and Light employees, 1927
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1927
Media: Photograph
Item 74749
Title: Cumberland County Power & Light crew, Portland, ca. 1915
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1915
Location: Portland
Media: Photograph
Item 74746
Title: Forest Avenue power station interior, Portland, 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1900
Location: Portland
Media: Photograph
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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.