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Item 74741
Title: Farmingdale steam station, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1920
Location: Farmingdale
Media: Photograph
Item 10460
Title: Bangor and Aroostook Railroad steam shovel
Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society
Date: circa 1935
Media: monochrome photograph
Item 8096
Title: Blake's steam pump display
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1890
Media: Albumen photoprint
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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.