Keywords: Water energy
Item 79725
Canal Workers, Lewiston, ca. 1845
Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: circa 1845 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print
Item 10967
Unloading coal, Searsport, 1980
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1980-07-11 Location: Searsport; Thomaston Media: Photographic print
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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.
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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.
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"… Free Library Industrial Revolution - Hallowell Energy In the Mid/Late 1800’s In the mid and late 1800’s, the basic energy for factories was steam…"
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"Energy is now supplied by a submarine cable. Electricity made running water possible, and plumbing and heating changed in island houses."