Maine Memory Network

Church Street, Belfast, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Belfast Media: Photographic print

Nuclear Energy for Maine?

Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant in Wiscasset generated electricity from 1972 until 1996. Activists concerned about the plant's safety led three unsuccessful referendum campaigns in the 1980s to shut it down.

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… were often located under evergreen trees or other shady locations. After spring, the ice was shipped in sawdust to the south, Central America."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… were often located under evergreen trees or other shady locations. After spring, the ice was shipped in sawdust to the south, Central America."