Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Electric generator delivery, Presque Isle, 1959

"Electric generator delivery, Presque Isle, 1959 Contributed by Oakfield Historical Society Description Chase Transport Corporation…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Delivery of generators, Presque Isle, 1959

"… and Aroostook Railroad delivers four diesel electric generators to Maine Public Service in Presque Isle."

Historic Hallowell - Day 4 - Page 1 of 3

"Over 200 electrical crews came to help! Some people were without heat and power for days or weeks even."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"Power now was in abundance such that electrical power was made available for many miles from its point of origin."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"We had use of a generator. We shared a generator with Wingate Lathe Oil and they came up. We shared it with one more family."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"… in the 1880s, the horse cars were converted to electrics or “trolleys.” By the early 1900s, electricity came to Scarborough and trolley service…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Tea Room

"… the house was one of the first to be hooked up to electricity because one of its boarders was on the island working on setting up the grid."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"In 1950, island generated power brought electricity to all homes. Energy is now supplied by a submarine cable."

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"Now, factories are powered by electricity which opens jobs at power plants, making life easier for everyone."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 4 of 4

"In 1987 a new company was formed, The Rumford Co-Generation Company, which could burn oil, wood bio-mass, coal, chipped rubber, auto tires, and…"

Brick Store Museum

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Historic Hallowell - Lineman's Journal

"We had over 200 electrical crews come to help, and 11,000 Canadian troops came to help. We had faulty transmission lines so when we fixed power in…"

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"The electric company did just that in 1891. The electric company was still struggling to turn a profit and asked Gould for advice."

Kennebunkport Historical Society

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"… Society & Museum By 1902 Scarborough had electricity, and electric cars (trolleys) replaced horsecars."

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Eventually the modern electrically-powered foghorn became standard equipment at lighthouses. Living at the Lighthouse Not an easy life those early…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"He peppered electric and telephone company officials with visits, questions, and personal correspondence providing alternatives to their unsightly…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village

"… It has been the site of a sawmill, gristmill, electric-power plant, novelty wood turning mill, and an axe factory."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"… Rush, the outbreak of the Civil War, the first electric railroad, noted floods, and descriptions of churches and schools."

Colby College Special Collections

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… was deactivated in 1935, when a separate electrical tower with a blinker was erected next to the lighthouse."