Maine Memory Network

Maine Yankee Atomic Power Station, Wiscasset, ca. 1972

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1972 Location: Wiscasset Media: Photographic print

Electric Power Station, Androscoggin River, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1880 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Wiscasset Steam Power Station, Wiscasset, 1941

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1940–1941 Location: Wiscasset Client: Central Maine Power Company Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

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

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.

Maine and the Space Age

The small town of Andover landed on the international map in 1962 when the Earth Station that had been built there successfully communicated with Telstar, the first telecommunications satellite.

Historic Hallowell - Post Office and Fire Station

"Post Office and Fire Station Hallowell Post OfficeHubbard Free Library Judy Longfellow, Post Woman written by Sam Gilbert Q How old were you…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs

"… over the weekend by train at the Grand Trunk Station on India Street. The convention was held at Portland City Hall (Merrill Auditorium), and…"

Norcross Deer Hunting
by Albert Fowler

How hunting has impacted my life

Learning to fly and instructing cadets at West Point during WWII
by Vera Cleaves

West Point during World War II