Category: Economics, Manufacturing, Equipment
Item 7998
Lathe at the Portland Company, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Media: Photoprint
Item 8945
Sargent snow loader, Portland, 1927
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1927 Location: Portland Media: Photoprint
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.
