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Historical Items Showing 3 of 142 View All
Item 16817
Title: Power Station, Springvale, ca 1905
Contributed by: Sanford Historical Committee
Date: circa 1905
Location: Springvale
Media: Print from Glass Negative
Item 22723
Title: Electric Power Station, Androscoggin River, ca. 1880
Contributed by: Pejepscot Historical Society
Date: circa 1880
Location: Brunswick
Media: Photograph
Item 33662
Title: Tidal power project dam map, Lubec, 1980
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society
Date: 1980
Location: Lubec
Media: Map; ink on paper
Exhibits Showing 3 of 43 View All
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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.
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In 1893, F.C. Whitehouse of Topsham, who owned paper mills in Topsham and Lisbon Falls, began construction of a third mill on the eastern banks of the Androscoggin River five miles north of Topsham. First, he had to build a dam to harness the river's power.
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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.
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Site
A history of the easternmost town in Maine as created by the Lubec Historical Society, Lubec Consolidated School, Lubec Landmarks, and Lubec Memorial Library. Exhibits include the sardine and herring industries, the Sardine Queen, the West Quoddy Head Lighthouse, the 1911 Centennial Celebration, the S. S. Cumberland Steamer, the gold hoax, an important community quilt, a tragic boating accident, and the blizzard of 1934, among others.
Site
Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay
A history of one of Maine’s many populated islands. The site was created by a team consisting of representatives from Islesboro Historical Society, Islesboro Central School, and the Alice L. Pendleton Library. Early settlements, businesses and cottage industries, schools, water transportation, and summer resorts are the topics covered.
Site
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary
A look back at island life in Maine as captured by a team consisting of Swan's Island Educational Society representatives, which encompasses the community's library and historical society, a class from the Swan's Island School, and an Island Fellow from the Island Institute. Exhibit topics examine islanders at work and play, Baird's Quarry, old buildings, and the changing role of women on the island.