Maine Memory Network

Ferry, Bingham, 1904

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1904 Location: Bingham Media: Photographic print

Two carpenters, Bingham, ca. 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Location: Bingham Media: Tintype

Wyman Station, Bingham, 1930

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1929–1931 Location: Bingham Client: Central Maine Power Company Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Augusta Trust Company building, Bingham, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1927 Location: Bingham Client: Augusta Trust Company Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Student Exhibit: Somerset Railroad

The Somerset Railroad was completed in 1872. It started out as a dream to link the Maine Coast with Canadian businesses to the north. It ran from the North Woods around Moosehead Lake down to Southern Maine and back again for 56 years.

Walter Wyman and River Power

Walter Wyman's vision to capture the power of Maine's rivers to produce electricity led to the formation of Central Maine Power Co. and to a struggle within the state over what should happen to the power produced by the state's natural resources.

Old Canada Road Historical Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Settlement

"… for the sum of $300 from the Estate of William Bingham and split the lot North/South between them."