Keywords: Waterpower
Item 7895
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: T3 R11 WELS Media: Photoprint
Item 7897
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: T3 R11 WELS Media: Photoprint
Exhibit
The gunpowder mills at Gambo Falls in Windham and Gorham produced about a quarter of the gunpowder used by Union forces during the Civil War. The complex contained as many as 50 buildings.
Exhibit
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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"The Saco River’s waterpower aided in inflating the local lumber industry. J.G. Deering Lumber Company was a significant sawmill founded by Joseph G."
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Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"
"They used waterpower from the fast flowing Kennebec River and the abundant stands of timber to create a powerful logging industry, which became the…"