Maine Memory Network

First Parish Church, Portland, ca. 1890

Contributed by: First Parish in Portland Date: circa 1890 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Village of Columbia Falls, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1920 Location: Columbia Falls Media: Glass Negative

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.

Home: The Longfellow House & the Emergence of Portland

The Wadsworth-Longfellow house is the oldest building on the Portland peninsula, the first historic site in Maine, a National Historic Landmark, home to three generations of Wadsworth and Longfellow family members -- including the boyhood home of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The history of the house and its inhabitants provide a unique view of the growth and changes of Portland -- as well as of the immediate surroundings of the home.

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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