Keywords: Heating systems
Item 20456
Home hot water tank, Littleton, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1940 Location: Littleton Media: Copper
Item 28490
Patten Free Library Interior, ca. 1891
Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: circa 1891 Location: Bath Media: Photographic print
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
The small town of Andover landed on the international map in 1962 when the Earth Station that had been built there successfully communicated with Telstar, the first telecommunications satellite.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - “Maine’s Century” Ends
"… in 1962 the last tanker off-loaded its cargo of heating oil. The Kennebec River, too, lost its luster as industrial development polluted its…"
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police
"… the advent of Franklin Stoves and other enclosed heating systems the average home burned 20 to 30 cords of wood per year--with a resulting high…"
Story
The Oakfield Inn
by Rodney Duplisea
This is a summarized article about the opening of the Oakfield Inn. It appeared in the Bangor Daily
Story
Warming Oceans
by David Reidmiller, Gulf of Maine Research Institute
The rate of warming in the Gulf of Maine is faster than that of more than 95% of the world’s oceans
