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Description
The dam at West Buxton, formerly known as Moderation, in about 1912.
Mills operated at Moderation using water power from 1795. Portland Electric Co. constructed a dam and hydro station in 1906. Cumberland County Power & Light Co. bought the power project in 1912.
About This Item
- Title: Dam, West Buxton, ca. 1912
- Creation Date: circa 1912
- Subject Date: circa 1912
- Location: Buxton, York County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 14 cm x 9 cm
- Local Code: Photographs--Buxton
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Central Maine Power Company
- Cumberland County Power and Light Co.
- Dams--Maine
- Hydroelectric power--Maine--Buxton
- Power industry--Maine--Buxton
- Rivers--Maine
- Saco River (N.H. and Me.)
- Water power--Maine--Buxton
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