Keywords: Refrigeration
Item 100436
Cutting ice, Norcross, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Norcross Heritage Trust Date: circa 1900 Location: Indian Purchase Township No. 3 Media: Photographic print
Item 23126
Loading ice, Presque Isle Stream, 1946
Contributed by: Presque Isle Historical Society Date: 1946 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print
Item 109355
House at 25 Craigie Street for John Howard Stevens, Portland, 1904-1949
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1904–1949 Location: Portland; Portland Client: John Howard Stevens Architect: John Howard Stevens; 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 frozen rivers and lakes provided an economic opportunity. The state shipped thousands of tons of ice to ports along the East Coast and to the West Indies that workers had cut and packed in sawdust for shipment or later use.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting
"… be purchased and put in ice boxes as a source of refrigeration until William Cullen would invent the first refrigerator."
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Northern Maine Fair Memories - Page 2 of 3
"She had a subcontractor do the refrigeration and in thanks they gave her a trip to the Bahamas. At the busiest time, the forum had thirty men working…"
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
My Journey: Training Service Dogs in Prison
by Anonymous (Maine State Prison)
Inmates at Maine State Prison train dogs as service and companion animals. This is one story.
