Keywords: meters
Item 74526
Type C electric meter, ca. 1906
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1906 Media: Enameled metal, glass
Item 74521
Westinghouse stamped steel meter, 1928
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1928 Media: Metal, glass
Item 35671
Assessor's Record, 1222 Brighton Avenue, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Portland Gas Light Co. Use: Meter House
Item 37482
2-40 West Commercial Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Portland Gas Light Co. Use: Stock Room - Meter Room
Exhibit
Great Cranberry Island's Preble House
The Preble House, built in 1827 on a hilltop over Preble Cove on Great Cranberry Island, was the home to several generations of Hadlock, Preble, and Spurling family members -- and featured in several books.
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.
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans
"They lived in a 3 meter wide, 6 meter long birchbark Shaputuan or wigwam. The burned animal bones from their meals include beaver, snapping turtle…"
Site Page
Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview
"… razed the buildings and replaced them with metered parking lots. A second property, a 400-foot segment of the waterfront between Broad and Summer…"
Story
An allegory about the Vietnam war
by Bill Hinderer
An allegory about my service in the Vietnam War
