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Keywords: Passamaquoddy Bay Tidal Power Project
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Item 23687
Title: Permanent house sketch, Passamaquoddy Bay Tidal Power project, 1935
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1935
Location: Eastport
Media: Ink on paper, architectural drawing
Item 23688
Title: Dormitory, Passamaquoddy Bay Tidal Power project, Eastport, 1935
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1935
Location: Eastport
Media: Ink on paper
Item 23685
Title: School plans, Passamaquoddy Bay Tidal project, 1935
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1935
Location: Eastport
Media: Ink on paper, architectural drawing
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The Unfulfilled Dream of Tidal Power
Dexter Cooper, a young engineer, devoted much of his energy and personal finances to a plan to harness the tides in Cobscook and Passamaquoddy bays to generate electricity. While the plan was technically feasible, political and other considerations stopped its development in 1936.