Keywords: Portland %26 Yarmouth Electric Railway Company
Item 53883
The casino at Underwood Spring Park, Falmouth, 1907
Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: 1907 Location: Falmouth Media: Postcard
Item 53885
The lookout at Underwood Spring Park, Falmouth, ca. 1905
Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: circa 1905 Location: Falmouth Media: Photographic print
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.