Maine Memory Network

Seashore Trolley Museum

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John Martin: Expert Observer - First electric railroad car in Bangor, 1889

"First electric railroad car in Bangor, 1889 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description The first electric…"

Lincoln, Maine - View of Lincoln from Ballard Hill, ca. 1913

"This picture postcard was taken between 1913 and 1922, before electricity came to Lincoln and the Library and Worsted Mill was built."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"… in the 1880s, the horse cars were converted to electrics or “trolleys.” By the early 1900s, electricity came to Scarborough and trolley service…"

Historic Hallowell - Day 4 - Page 1 of 3

"Over 200 electrical crews came to help! Some people were without heat and power for days or weeks even."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"Car 70 was the last car to make the trip. In July of 1945, two diesel locomotives replaced the two electric ones."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"In 1950, island generated power brought electricity to all homes. Energy is now supplied by a submarine cable."

Historic Hallowell - The Opening & Closing of Hallowell's Shoe Companies

"… electrician, and involved "the application of electricity in producing sound and was adapted to whistles, sirens, and general electric signals."…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"The Bangor, Hampden & Winterport Electric Company trolley, Hampden, circa 1900Hampden Historical Society Easily accessible from Bangor and Brewer by…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"… Museum By 1902 Scarborough had electricity, and electric cars (trolleys) replaced horsecars. There was great excitement that July when the rails…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"… electricity during the ice storm? A: We did lose electricity and I think that when we woke up at five o’clock that morning the electricity was gone."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"The electric company did just that in 1891. The electric company was still struggling to turn a profit and asked Gould for advice."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village

"… It has been the site of a sawmill, gristmill, electric-power plant, novelty wood turning mill, and an axe factory."

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"… 1911Lubec Historical Society Festooned with electric lights, Lubec prepared Water Street, below, for the July 4th parade which simultaneously…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"The inn offered “Electric Lights, Long Distance Telephone, Telegraphic Office, Saddle Horses, [and] Excellent Livery” (Wood 73)."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"It was thought to be started by an electrical problem. The roof collapsed in on the third floor, and caved in on the second."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… was deactivated in 1935, when a separate electrical tower with a blinker was erected next to the lighthouse."

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"Equipment was primitive, with electricity being so new, and Lincoln being so far from other cities. In today’s time, however, hospitals are very…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… with handsome mercantile blocks, with banks, electric lights, water systems equal to the best, and sewerage systems well under way."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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