Keywords: Calais Street Railway
Item 21197
Calais Street Railway car on Main Street, Calais, ca. 1900
Contributed by: St. Croix Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Calais Media: Photographic print
Item 21200
Calais Street Railway Car #3, Calais, 1909
Contributed by: St. Croix Historical Society Date: 1909 Location: Calais Media: Postcard
Exhibit
Trolleys were the cleanest and most efficient means of mass transit Maine has ever known.
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.
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
