Keywords: Carbone's
Item 98693
Pierce Furniture, Commercial Street, Boothbay Harbor, ca. 1917
Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: circa 1917 Location: Boothbay Harbor Media: Glass Negative
Item 82178
S. Louis Carbone, Boothbay Harbor, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Boothbay Harbor Media: Photographic print
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.
Exhibit
CODE RED: Climate, Justice & Natural History Collections
Explore topics around climate change by reuniting collections from one of the nation's earliest natural history museums, the Portland Society of Natural History. The exhibition focuses on how museums collect, and the role of humans in creating changes in society, climate, and biodiversity.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Day 3 - Page 1 of 2
"She was put into a special room full of oxygen to filter the carbon monoxide out of her blood stream."
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Historic Hallowell - Day 4 - Page 1 of 3
"A man was found dead because he was running a generator in his basement due to carbon-monoxide poisoning and that's what happened on day 4 of the…"
Story
If you wanted a good job, the mill was the place to be.
by Brent Gay
Changes in the paper industry, labor strikes, and the community around International Paper's mills
Story
Warming Oceans
by David Reidmiller, Gulf of Maine Research Institute
The rate of warming in the Gulf of Maine is faster than that of more than 95% of the world’s oceans
