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Description
Reddy Kilowatt, the symbol of electric power, visited a Wiscasset Boy Scout circus in 1970. Central Maine Power Co. employees dressed in the "Reddy" costume to help promote CMP and the use of power.
The event was part of the sesquicentennial of Maine statehood.
Wiscasset was the home of Maine Yankee nuclear power plant, which went online in 1972.
About This Item
- Title: Wiscasset Boy Scout circus, 1970
- Creation Date: 1970
- Subject Date: 1970
- Location: Wiscasset, Lincoln County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Local Code: Coll. 2115, Box 310
- Collection: Central Maine Power Company collection
- Object Type: Image
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- Boy Scouts--1960-1970
- Centennial celebrations
- Central Maine Power Company
- Group portraits
- Mascots
- Reddy Kilowatt, inc.
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