Maine Memory Network

Bangor Railway & Electric Co. No. 76, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Atlantic Shoreline Railway route, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Kennebunk Media: Postcard

183-189 Washington Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Deering Realty Company Use: Garage

David A. Calhoun house, Cape Elizabeth, 1904

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1904 Location: Cape Elizabeth Client: David A. Calhoun Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Cape Cottage Park, Cape Elizabeth, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1924–1926 Location: Cape Elizabeth Client: Cape Cottage Park Company Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

History in Motion: The Era of the Electric Railways

Street railways, whether horse-drawn or electric, required the building of trestles and tracks. The new form of transportation aided industry, workers, vacationers, and other travelers.

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.

Seashore Trolley Museum

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Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 4 of 4

"… needed, as was additional supplies of steam and electricity, as well as an increased ability to recover chemicals."

Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

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