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Item 148461

The Lone Pine Mountaineers, Bangor, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Item 16487

Beaty Brothers butter churn, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Littleton; Winnipeg Media: Wood, steel

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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.