Keywords: water power
Item 16817
Power Station, Springvale, ca 1905
Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Springvale Media: Print from Glass Negative
Item 22723
Electric Power Station, Androscoggin River, ca. 1880
Contributed by: Pejepscot Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
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.
Exhibit
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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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation
… was 65 feet long, had a beam of 27 feet, and was powered by a 160 horsepower diesel engine. The ferry was built and maintained with town funding in…
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Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3
But the dory, following, lost power. The Callahan boat operator slacked off the engine and a worker threw a rope, which became entangled in the…
Story
What Maine Means to Me
by Nicolette B. Meister
How a friendship created a lifelong love of Maine.
Story
Norcross Deer Hunting
by Albert Fowler
How hunting has impacted my life