Keywords: Bangor Hydroelectric Company
Item 33336
Dam and Water Works, Bangor, ca. 1881
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1881 Location: Bangor Media: Stereograph
Item 31969
Waterworks Pumping House, Bangor, ca. 1875
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1875 Location: Bangor Media: Stereograph
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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.
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Trolleys were the cleanest and most efficient means of mass transit Maine has ever known.
