Keywords: Central Maine Power Co
Item 74759
Maine Yankee reactor pit construction, Wiscasset, 1968
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1968 Location: Wiscasset Media: Photographic print
Item 74758
Maine Yankee brochure, Wiscasset, 1975
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1975 Location: Wiscasset Media: Ink on paper
Item 111307
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
Item 111308
Central Maine Power plant, Skowhegan, 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1920–1921 Location: Skowhegan Client: Central Maine Power Co. Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
Exhibit
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.
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.
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