Keywords: wire toaster
Item 20451
Wire stove top toaster, Littleton, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1920 Location: Littleton Media: Metal
Item 74825
Electrical insulator, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Media: Ceramic, composite materials
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.
