Keywords: F. O. Walker Hardware
Item 79694
Congress Street, Rumford, ca. 1893
Contributed by: Greater Rumford Area Historical Society Date: circa 1893 Location: Rumford Media: Photographic print
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.
