Keywords: Cooper tools
Item 14586
Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1830 Location: Union Media: Cast steel
Item 14585
Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1850 Location: Buffalo Media: Cast steel, wood
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Of Note: Maine Sheet Music features captivating covers of original sheet music along with stories about Maine connections to the songs. Before people had easy access to popular music from records, radios, and the internet, they played songs of the day on instruments at home, using sheet music purchased at music stores. Iconic Maine subjects like lobsters, pine trees, and winter were perfect for lyrics sung by luminaries like Rudy Vallée of Westbrook, and intricate artwork of Maine’s landscape graced the sheet music covers.
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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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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Kids at the quarry
"… that generated the steam power for the quarry tools. The kids even got to get their hands dirty as they excavated for artifacts near where the…"
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Draining the quarry
"… drained in 2003, many treasures were found: old tools, items lost over the years by swimmers, even eels."
