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Item 79294
Title: Infantry Tactics manual, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1862
Media: Ink on paper
Item 12078
Title: The Ball-Room Manual, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1863
Location: Belfast
Media: Ink on paper, Booklet
Item 74149
Title: 'Manual of Medial Writing,' 1904
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1904
Media: ink on paper
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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.