Keywords: power fields
Item 15222
Maine Public Service generators, Presque Isle, 1959
Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: 1959 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print
Item 15235
Maine Public Service generators, Presque Isle, 1959
Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: 1959 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print
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
Many different types of trolley cars -- for different weather, different uses, and different locations -- were in use in Maine between 1895-1940. The "field guide" explains what each type looked like and how it was used.
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 8 of 13
"The truck was driven back to the potato field so that the empties could be dropped onto the picker's sections."
Site Page
Highlighting Historical Hampden - Early Settlement
"… Settlement Wheeler and Crosby Text by Karyn Field Crosby's Grist Mill Store, called Old Brick Store, Hampden, built in 1807Hampden Historical…"
Story
Learning to fly and instructing cadets at West Point during WWII
by Vera Cleaves
West Point during World War II
Story
Norcross Deer Hunting
by Albert Fowler
How hunting has impacted my life
