Keywords: Hydro-electric power
Item 66450
Hydro Electric Power House, Ellsworth, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1935 Location: Ellsworth Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 6307
Central Maine Power Station, Skowhegan, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Skowhegan Media: Postcard
Item 151325
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1929–1931
Location: Bingham
Client: Central Maine Power Company
Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
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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.
