Keywords: Water Power
Item 16817
Power Station, Springvale, ca. 1905
Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative
Item 62848
Ticonic Water Power and Manufacturing Co. document, Waterville, 1866
Contributed by: Waterville Public Library Date: 1866–1874 Location: Waterville Media: Ink on paper
Item 151335
The Checkley House, Scarborough, 1895
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Scarborough Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens
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
Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant in Wiscasset generated electricity from 1972 until 1996. Activists concerned about the plant's safety led three unsuccessful referendum campaigns in the 1980s to shut it down.
Site Page
Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation
"… was 65 feet long, had a beam of 27 feet, and was powered by a 160 horsepower diesel engine. The ferry was built and maintained with town funding in…"
Site Page
Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3
"But the dory, following, lost power. The Callahan boat operator slacked off the engine and a worker threw a rope, which became entangled in the…"
Story
A first encounter with Bath and its wonderful history
by John Decker
Visiting the Maine Maritime Museum as part of a conference
Story
Wampum Belts
by Donald Soctomah
My great grandfather was a wampum keeper
