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Item 28769

Water Pumping Plant, Lubec, ca. 1910, ca. 1912

Water Pumping Plant, Lubec, ca. 1910, ca. 1912

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1912 Location: Lubec Media: Locally printed photographic postcard

Item 28770

Water Pumping Plant, Lubec, ca. 1940, ca. 1940

Water Pumping Plant, Lubec, ca. 1940, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Lubec Media: Postcard

Item 33869

Electric generating plant view, Lubec, ca. 1960, ca. 1960

Electric generating plant view, Lubec, ca. 1960, ca. 1960

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1960 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Al Nutting inspecting Norway pine, Troy, ca. 1950

The Establishment of the Troy Town Forest

Seavey Piper, a selectman, farmer, landowner, and leader of the Town of Troy in the 1920s through the early 1950s helped establish a town forest on abandoned farm land in Troy. The exhibit details his work over ten years.

Exhibit

Fish Cannery, Brooklin, ca. 1900

Early Fish Canneries in Brooklin

By the 1900s, numerous fish canneries began operating in Center Harbor, located within the Brooklin community. For over thirty years, these plants were an important factor in the community.

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.

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King Farm, Presque Isle, ca. 1920

Presque Isle: The Star City - King Farm, Presque Isle, ca. 1920

"… is hauled by two horses, which means that the pump was probably powered by the sprayer wheels.The potato plants appear to be in blossom, so the…"