Keywords: Alternative energy
Item 11015
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1981-01-06 Location: Madison Media: Photographic print
Item 10967
Unloading coal, Searsport, 1980
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1980-07-11 Location: Searsport; Thomaston Media: Photographic print
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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.
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.
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The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.
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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - ABOUT US
"Biddeford High School's Project Aspire is the alternative education program. Project ASPIRE stands for Achieving Success through Personalized…"
