Maine Memory Network

Maine Yankee reactor pit construction, Wiscasset, 1968

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1968 Location: Wiscasset Media: Photographic print

Maine Yankee brochure, Wiscasset, 1975

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1975 Location: Wiscasset Media: Ink on paper

Power Plant, Commercial Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Central Wharf Proprietors Use: Power Plant

Central Maine Power Company office, Brunswick, 1926

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1926 Location: Brunswick Client: Central Maine Power Company Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Central Maine Power Co. sub station, Augusta, 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1920 Location: Augusta; Augusta Client: Central Maine Power Co. Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Walter Wyman and River Power

Walter Wyman's vision to capture the power of Maine's rivers to produce electricity led to the formation of Central Maine Power Co. and to a struggle within the state over what should happen to the power produced by the state's natural resources.

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.

Historic Hallowell - Central Maine Power

"Central Maine Power Ice Storm, Academy Street, Hallowell, 1998Hubbard Free Library CMP Overview CMP crews are the reason Maine isn’t still a…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.