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Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"… Frank Bixby installed a pole changer, which is electric, and took the place of an operator. In the office it could get very confusing trying to…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"… Rush, the outbreak of the Civil War, the first electric railroad, noted floods, and descriptions of churches and schools."

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Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… slowly fading in population with the advent of electricity and the railroad. Saw Logs Over the Dam, Guilford, ca."

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Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"During that time the water, chemicals, and electricity had time to work their magic.” Apparently, nothing more elaborate than a cast iron pot was at…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"Soon an electric light company was set up that could handle 5,000 lamps. By 1882 Rodick House, now the largest summer hotel in America, could hold…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"… the first hot-air balloon in Bangor, the first electric street railroad, a horseless carriage, and others."

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Colby College Special Collections

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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"In the early 1900s indoor plumbing and electricity where used in new construction. When the construction was finished, the building had gone $750…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Electricity and phone lines dotted the landscape about the same time. Not long after, the town was seeing the “mechanical horse” on the streets."

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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