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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
Item 33662
Tidal power project dam map, Lubec, 1980
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society
Date: 1980
Location: Lubec
Media: Map; ink on paper
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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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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…
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… reliable, consistent and cheapest kind of water power.” George Comstock established the first mill at Mill Creek.
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