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Historic Hallowell - Central Maine Power

"… Street, Hallowell, 1998Hubbard Free Library CMP Overview CMP crews are the reason Maine isn’t still a disaster area."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 2

"CMP had to restore power to over 250,000 customers 3. 500 CMP operators taking calls made 1.5 million transactions 4."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Works Cited Page

"Peaslee. “Day 5.” n.d.:  N. pag. Cheever, Dave. “CMP attacks lines in frigid battle.” Kennebec Journal, 11 Jan. 1998, Storm Edition: Day 3, sec."

Historic Hallowell - Ice; The Ice Storm of 1998; Ice Storm '98

"Ice is sticking to trees like glue, CMP works even they got the flu. Ice has left us with an immense amount of tangled trees, but we came closer…"

Historic Hallowell - Day 3 - Page 1 of 2

"CMP recruits went out to start their twenty hour day. Repairing power lines, fixing the poles, and toughing out the cold."

Historic Hallowell - Day 5

"Governor Angus King said that the cost to CMP and Bangor Hydro Co., the state's two largest electric utilities, would top $25 million."

Historic Hallowell - Lineman's Journal

"As an off duty CMP crew member, I was sitting on the couch eating pretzels with my daughter. It was 3:30 in the afternoon when I got a call from work…"

Historic Hallowell - Day 8

"CMP estimated that the cost of repairs would be about a million dollars. The most dangerous part would be the next few weeks."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Summary Notes

"CMP (Central Maine Power) were out and working and putting their skills to the test to see how fast they could turn all the power back on."

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"In the early 1900s CMP, Central Maine Power, built two large dams and power stations that we still have in use today."

Skowhegan History House

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