Maine Memory Network

Tidal power project dam map, Lubec, 1980, 1980

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1980 Location: Lubec Media: Map, ink on paper

Power Dam on Aroostook River, Caribou, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Caribou Public Library Date: circa 1920 Location: Caribou Media: Postcard

Passamaquoddy Bay tidal power development, 1935

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1935 Location: Eastport Client: Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Wyman Station, Bingham, 1930

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1929–1931 Location: Bingham Client: Central Maine Power Company Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
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Walter Wyman and River Power

Walter Wyman's vision to capture the power of Maine's rivers to produce electricity led to the formation of Central Maine Power Co. and to a struggle within the state over what should happen to the power produced by the state's natural resources.

Powering Pejepscot Paper Co.

In 1893, F.C. Whitehouse of Topsham, who owned paper mills in Topsham and Lisbon Falls, began construction of a third mill on the eastern banks of the Androscoggin River five miles north of Topsham. First, he had to build a dam to harness the river's power.

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"Some were powered by dams like the Wire Mill Dam. The dams worked like this. First, the water behind the dam flew through a pipe connected to a…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 1 of 2

"… rights above and around the Falls, his plans for dams, canal, mills, a power company, and a water district could not be finalized."

Norcross Deer Hunting
by Albert Fowler

How hunting has impacted my life