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Historical Items

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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

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Item 22723

Electric Power Station, Androscoggin River, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1880 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 111316

The Checkley House, Scarborough, 1895

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Scarborough Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Online Exhibits

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Walter Wyman and River Power

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.

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Nuclear Energy for Maine?

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.

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Princeton: Woods and Water Built This Town

Princeton benefited from its location on a river -- the St. Croix -- that was useful for transportation of people and lumber and for powering mills as well as on its proximity to forests.

Site Pages

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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…"

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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…"

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… reliable, consistent and cheapest kind of water power.” George Comstock established the first mill at Mill Creek."

My Maine Stories

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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

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What Maine Means to Me
by Nicolette B. Meister

How a friendship created a lifelong love of Maine.