Keywords: Hydroelectric Dam
Item 17094
Power Dam on Aroostook River, Caribou, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Caribou Public Library Date: circa 1920 Location: Caribou Media: Postcard
Item 66446
Leonard Lake, Ellsworth, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Ellsworth Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 111271
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1929–1931 Location: Bingham Client: Central Maine Power Company Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
Exhibit
Walter Wyman's vision to capture the power of Maine's rivers to produce electricity led to the formation of Central Maine Power Co. and to a struggle within the state over what should happen to the power produced by the state's natural resources.
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.
