Keywords: water power generating plant
Item 60546
Electric Power House, Lubec, ca. 1930, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Whiting; Whiting Media: Postcard
Item 80792
First electric generating plant, Lubec, ca. 1903, ca. 1903
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1903 Media: Photographic print
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.
Exhibit
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.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills
"Wire Mill Power, Vaughan Stream, Hallowell, ca. 1879 Hand drawn by John WallaceHubbard Free Library There were three dams that were on the Vaughan…"
Site Page
Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island
"Central Maine Power X X men working on the damSkowhegan History House The swinging bridge was originally built for a local farmer to…"
Story
Norcross Deer Hunting
by Albert Fowler
How hunting has impacted my life
