Keywords: Electrician, Ship
Item 104352
"I need your skill!," World War II poster, 1943
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1943 Media: Lithograph
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Yarmouth's "Third Falls" provided the perfect location for papermaking -- and, soon, for producing soda pulp for making paper. At the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th, Yarmouth was an international leader in soda pulp production.
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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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries
"… contractors, stonemasons, master plumbers, electricians and painters. Store Flyer, Islesboro, ca."
