Keywords: Electricity generation
Item 33871
Electric generator, Lubec, ca. 1960, ca. 1960
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1960 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print
Item 60546
Electric Power House, Lubec, ca. 1930, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Whiting; Whiting Media: Postcard
Item 111316
The Checkley House, Scarborough, 1895
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Scarborough Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens
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
Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant in Wiscasset generated electricity from 1972 until 1996. Activists concerned about the plant's safety led three unsuccessful referendum campaigns in the 1980s to shut it down.
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Electric generator delivery, Presque Isle, 1959
"Electric generator delivery, Presque Isle, 1959 Contributed by Oakfield Historical Society Description Chase Transport Corporation…"
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Delivery of generators, Presque Isle, 1959
"… and Aroostook Railroad delivers four diesel electric generators to Maine Public Service in Presque Isle."
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
Story
The Oakfield Inn
by Rodney Duplisea
This is a summarized article about the opening of the Oakfield Inn. It appeared in the Bangor Daily