Keywords: Electric Railway
Item 6018
Bangor Railway & Electric Co. No. 76, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print
Item 25089
Atlantic Shoreline Railway route, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Kennebunk Media: Postcard
Item 84674
183-189 Washington Avenue, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Deering Realty Company Use: Garage
Item 111598
David A. Calhoun house, Cape Elizabeth, 1904
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1904 Location: Cape Elizabeth Client: David A. Calhoun Architect: John Calvin Stevens
Item 111594
Cape Cottage Park, Cape Elizabeth, ca. 1925
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1924–1926 Location: Cape Elizabeth Client: Cape Cottage Park Company Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
Exhibit
History in Motion: The Era of the Electric Railways
Street railways, whether horse-drawn or electric, required the building of trestles and tracks. The new form of transportation aided industry, workers, vacationers, and other travelers.
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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Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 4 of 4
"… needed, as was additional supplies of steam and electricity, as well as an increased ability to recover chemicals."
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
