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Item 79725

Canal Workers, Lewiston, ca. 1845

Canal Workers, Lewiston, ca. 1845

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: circa 1845 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print

Item 10967

Unloading coal, Searsport, 1980

Unloading coal, Searsport, 1980

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1980-07-11 Location: Searsport; Thomaston Media: Photographic print

Item 60546

Electric Power House, Lubec, ca. 1930, ca. 1930

Electric Power House, Lubec, ca. 1930, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Whiting; Whiting Media: Postcard

Online Exhibits

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Maine Yankee, Wiscasset, 1987

Nuclear Energy for Maine?

Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant in Wiscasset generated electricity from 1972 until 1996. Activists concerned about the plant's safety led three unsuccessful referendum campaigns in the 1980s to shut it down.

Exhibit

Wyman Station, Bingham, 1929

Walter Wyman and River Power

Walter Wyman's vision to capture the power of Maine's rivers to produce electricity led to the formation of Central Maine Power Co. and to a struggle within the state over what should happen to the power produced by the state's natural resources.

Exhibit

Reddy Kilowatt lapel pin, ca. 1955

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 Pages

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Site Page

Stickney & Page Dam, Cascade, Hallowell, 1871

Historic Hallowell - Energy

"… Free Library Industrial Revolution - Hallowell Energy In the Mid/Late 1800’s In the mid and late 1800’s, the basic energy for factories was steam…"

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"Sunbeam" as a car ferry, Swan's Island, ca. 1960

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"Energy is now supplied by a submarine cable. Electricity made running water possible, and plumbing and heating changed in island houses."

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"… "a fact that should awaken an honest pride in the energy and thrift of our fishermen.” Swan’s Islanders owned three out of the ten most successful…"