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Item 15376

Camps, Spider Lake, ca. 1900

Camps, Spider Lake, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Media: Lantern slide

Item 15372

Near Munsungan Lake, Piscataquis County, ca. 1900

Near Munsungan Lake, Piscataquis County, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: T8 R10 WELS Media: Lantern slide

Item 15296

C.H. Randall with deer, ca. 1900

C.H. Randall with deer, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Media: Lantern slide

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 150741

MMN #109806

House for Mount Kineo and Guide's House for the Kineo Co., Kineo, 1900-1902

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1900–1902 Location: Kineo Client: Kineo Company Architect: Coombs and Gibbs Architects

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Steamboats "Rebecca" and "Fairy of the Lake," Moosehead Lake, ca. 1890

Moosehead Steamboats

After the canoe, steamboats became the favored method of transportation on Moosehead Lake. They revolutionized movement of logs and helped promote tourism in the region.

Exhibit

Fire lookout at Agamenticus Mountain, ca. 1920

Looking Out: Maine's Fire Towers

Maine, the most heavily forested state in the nation, had the first continuously operational fire lookout tower, beginning a system of fire prevention that lasted much of the twentieth century.

Exhibit

Reddy Kilowatt lapel pin, ca. 1955

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.

Site Pages

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Guilford, Maine - RESOURCES

Guilford, Maine - RESOURCES

"… Town of Guilford Guilford Historical Society Piscataquis Community Middle School/SAD4 Guilford Economic Development Board Guilford Memorial Library…"

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Guilford Woolen Mill Finishing Room Crew, ca, 1890

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"… later purchased it (1876) and leased it to the Piscataquis Woolen Co. mentioned above. In 1884, this mill was lost to fire, and in 1901, the…"

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Drapers Mill & Edes Building, Guilford, ca. 1940

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 3 of 3

"… Manufacturing Co., situated on the banks of the Piscataquis River about a mile and a half downstream from the village, is the largest manufacturer…"