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Description
The electric power substation on Forest Avenue in Portland powered the Portland Railroad Company's trolleys. A sign on top urges: “Use Electric Light and Power.”
About This Item
- Title: Forest Avenue substation, Portland, ca. 1917
- Creation Date: circa 1917
- Subject Date: circa 1917
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Local Code: Coll. 2115, Box 314/PortlandRR
- Collection: Central Maine Power Company collection
- Object Type: Image
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- Advertising
- Central Maine Power Company
- Electric signs
- Electricity--Maine--Portland
- Power plants--Maine--Portland
- Public utility companies
- Street railroads--Maine--Portland
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