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Item 19175
Title: The Tides, Bar Harbor, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library
Date: circa 1920
Location: Bar Harbor
Media: Postcard
Item 54180
Title: Trecartin Tin Shop building, Lubec, 1975
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society
Date: 1975
Location: Lubec
Media: Kodachrome slide
Item 31656
Title: Howard H. Middleton shipwreck, Scarborough, August 10, 1897
Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum
Date: 1897-08-10
Location: Scarborough
Media: Slide; transparency
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The Unfulfilled Dream of Tidal Power
Dexter Cooper, a young engineer, devoted much of his energy and personal finances to a plan to harness the tides in Cobscook and Passamaquoddy bays to generate electricity. While the plan was technically feasible, political and other considerations stopped its development in 1936.