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Item 76529
Title: Request for black workers, New Orleans, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1863-12-18
Location: New Orleans
Media: Ink on paper
Item 19466
Title: Granite Industry Instruction Manual
Contributed by: Maine Granite Industry Historical Society
Date: circa 1930
Location: Mount Desert
Media: Paper and ink print
Item 78895
Title: Slate Company Warehouse, Monson, ca.1910
Contributed by: Monson Historical Society
Date: circa 1910
Location: Monson
Media: Photograph
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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.