Keywords: Alexander Roy
Item 9813
Roy House (Maison Roi), Van Buren, ca. 1990
Contributed by: L'Heritage Vivant Living Heritage Date: circa 1790 Location: Van Buren; Van Buren Media: Hand hewed logs
Item 122787
Plymouth Company Records, box 1/2, 1667–1695
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1667–1695 Location: Arrowsic; Falmouth; Sagadahoc; Sagadehoc; Suffolk Media: Ink on Paper
Exhibit
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.
