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Item 74853
Title: Electrical first-aid booklet, 1915
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1915
Media: Ink on paper
Item 74441
Title: CMP First Aid Team, Rockland, 1929
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1929
Location: Rockland
Media: Photograph
Item 74854
Title: Electric shock first-aid poster, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1910
Media: Ink on paper
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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.