Maine Memory Network

Farmingdale steam station, ca. 1920

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

Cape Steam Power Generating Station, South Portland, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1935 Location: South Portland 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

Fitzgerald house, Brighton, Vermont, 1888

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1888 Location: Brighton Client: George H. Fitzgerald Architect: John Calvin Stevens

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.

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.

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2

""Lombard Steam Log Hauler Goes Full Steam Ahead." Maine News, Weather, Sports Channel 6 NBC Portland | WCSH6.com | Portland, ME. Web. 6 Apr. 2010."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Kids at the quarry

"… left in the granite to boilers that generated the steam power for the quarry tools. The kids even got to get their hands dirty as they excavated…"

A first encounter with Bath and its wonderful history
by John Decker

Visiting the Maine Maritime Museum as part of a conference

History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars