Keywords: Heat
Item 35106
York Light & Heat Company explosion, Biddeford, 1900
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1907-09-03 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 1137
Kimball Stock Certificate, 1896
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1896-02-08 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 34920
Assessor's Record, 67- 69 Brentwood Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: William E Dodge Use: Office & Heating Plant
Item 53376
145 Fore Street (rear), Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Thomas Laughlin Company Use: Heating Plant
Item 110103
House and garage for the Misses Talfourd, Ogunquit, 1929
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1929 Location: Ogunquit Client: Mrs. Talfourd Architect: John P. Thomas
Item 111765
The Portland Club heating plans, Portland, 1923
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1923 Location: Portland Client: The Portland Club Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
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
Maine's corn canning industry, as illuminated by the career of George S. Jewett, prospered between 1850 and 1950.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Day 4 - Page 1 of 3
"For heat some people sat in their cars which is a big danger because you might get carbon monoxide poisoning."
Site Page
"By 1930, most people had electrical lighting. For heating, they used coal stoves, fireplaces, wood stoves and hot air furnaces."
Story
Finding and cooking fiddleheads with my parents
by Brian J. Theriault
My father has been picking and eating fiddleheads almost all his life, Mom prepares and stores them
Story
One View
by Karen Jelenfy
My life as an artist in Maine.