Keywords: electric transmission lines
Item 101545
Fishing at the pumping station, Woolwich, ca. 1918
Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: circa 1918 Location: Westport Island; Woolwich Media: Photographic print
Item 74750
Kingfield main power line, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Kingfield 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.
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Historic Hallowell - Lineman's Journal
"When it wasn't the transmission lines, it would be the trees falling on the electrical lines which cause more and more outages."
