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Item 26808

Bangor Railway & Electric Co., Hampden, ca. 1939

Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Hampden Media: Postcard

Item 74762

Electric shop display, Augusta, 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1925 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print

Item 28896

Augusta, Waterville, and Gardiner Car Barn, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Augusta Media: Postcard

Tax Records

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Item 35932

25-27 Casco Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Florence L Blanchard Use: Stores & Rooming House

Item 37234

25-31 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: W.L. Blake & Co. Use: Warehouse & Machine Shop

Online Exhibits

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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

Summer Folk: The Postcard View

Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."

Exhibit

Waterville City Hall during the centennial celebration, 1902

"We are growing to be somewhat cosmopolitan..." Waterville, 1911

Between 1870 and 1911, Waterville more than doubled in size, becoming a center of manufacturing, transportation, and the retail trade and offering a variety of entertainments for its residents.