Keywords: street lamp
Item 22765
Federal Street, Brunswick, 1889
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1889 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print
Item 74876
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Media: Glass, tungsten, brass
Item 37520
201-323 West Commercial Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Portland Terminal Co. Use: Lamp House
Item 76732
50-122 St. John Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Portland Terminal Company Use: Lamp House
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
Home: The Longfellow House & the Emergence of Portland
The Wadsworth-Longfellow house is the oldest building on the Portland peninsula, the first historic site in Maine, a National Historic Landmark, home to three generations of Wadsworth and Longfellow family members -- including the boyhood home of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The history of the house and its inhabitants provide a unique view of the growth and changes of Portland -- as well as of the immediate surroundings of the home.
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Lamps and stove, John Martin store, Bangor, 1864
"… State Museum Description Two kerosene lamps were hung in John Martin's store on Center Street in Bangor -- 15 feet apart."
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication
"… light company was set up that could handle 5,000 lamps. By 1882 Rodick House, now the largest summer hotel in America, could hold 600 guests…"
