Keywords: Steam station
Item 74741
Farmingdale steam station, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Farmingdale Media: Photographic print
Item 74740
W.F. Wyman steam station, Yarmouth, 1963
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1963 Location: Yarmouth Media: Photographic print
Item 111269
Wiscasset Steam Power Station, Wiscasset, 1941
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1940–1941 Location: Wiscasset Client: Central Maine Power Company Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
Exhibit
Student Exhibit: Somerset Railroad
The Somerset Railroad was completed in 1872. It started out as a dream to link the Maine Coast with Canadian businesses to the north. It ran from the North Woods around Moosehead Lake down to Southern Maine and back again for 56 years.
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.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police
"… (Lion), the Torrent, the Tiger, and eventually a steam pumper. In 1898 the Fire Department moved from its location on Winthrop Street to the old…"
Site Page
Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head
"Dual Steam WhistlesWest Quoddy Head Light Keepers Association By 1887 an enlarged building housed machinery for two whistles."
Story
The Oakfield Inn
by Rodney Duplisea
This is a summarized article about the opening of the Oakfield Inn. It appeared in the Bangor Daily
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars