Keywords: Wind power
Item 11015
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1981-01-06 Location: Madison Media: Photographic print
Item 74883
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1969 Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
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.
Exhibit
Biddeford, Saco and the Textile Industry
The largest textile factory in the country reached seven stories up on the banks of the Saco River in 1825, ushering in more than a century of making cloth in Biddeford and Saco. Along with the industry came larger populations and commercial, retail, social, and cultural growth.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm In Hallowell
"Enduring blistering winds and never-ending power outages. See what I mean? Tree branches are snapping, and ice is overlapping."
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Industrial Recources
"… the ships relied more on oil and an engine than wind power. On a ship, it was important to have lifeboats in case of an emergency."
Story
Sustainable Futures
by Bill McKibben, Schumann Distinguished Scholar Middlebury College
Climate change is the biggest thing humans have ever done. So we need to think big as we take it on.
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.