Keywords: Alexander Roy
Item 9813
Roy House (Maison Roi), Van Buren, ca. 1990
Contributed by: L'Heritage Vivant Living Heritage Date: circa 1790 Location: Van Buren; Van Buren Media: Hand hewed logs
Item 122787
Plymouth Company Records, box 1/2, 1667–1695
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1667–1695
Location: Arrowsic; Falmouth; Sagadahoc; Sagadehoc; Suffolk
Media: Ink on Paper
This record contains 41 images.
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.
