Keywords: Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative
Item 74882
Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative newsletter, Calais, 1959
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1959 Location: Calais 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.
Exhibit
Lincoln County through the Eastern Eye
The Penobscot Marine Museum’s photography collections include nearly 50,000 glass plate negatives of images for "real photo" postcards produced by the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast. This exhibit features postcards from Lincoln County.
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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