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Item 23126
Title: Loading ice, Presque Isle Stream, 1946
Contributed by: Presque Isle Historical Society
Date: 1946
Location: Presque Isle
Media: Photograph
Item 23127
Title: Harvesting ice, Presque Isle Stream, 1966
Contributed by: Presque Isle Historical Society
Date: circa 1965
Location: Presque Isle
Media: Photograph
Item 74888
Title: Monitor-top refrigerator, ca. 1927
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1927
Media: Enameled metal, chrome, wood
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Herring and sardines, small herring, were once an important part of the Maine economy. Smoked or salted herring provided an important food source before refrigeration and sardine canning was equally prominent along the Maine coast.
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.