Maine Memory Network

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

"The Aroostook Trust Company building in the background is at the corner of Main Street and Chapman Road, Presque Isle."

Historic Hallowell - Kennebec Wire Company

"The electricity had a major impact in daily life in historic Hallowell. Before electricity, people had to do everything by candlelight: reading…"

Historic Hallowell - The Opening & Closing of Hallowell's Shoe Companies

"In 1935, it was Hy-style Shoe Company. From 1940 to 1962, The Hallowell Shoe Company was run by Samuel Kleven."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad and Maine Public Service Building

"Arthur Gould later became its manager. In 1910, Gould’s long-time dream of establishing an electric railroad became a reality with the formation of…"

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."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"… to the lumber industry to the Presque Isle Electric Company. Mr. Gould also served as a Maine and U.S. Senator."

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."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad Trestle, ca. 1910

"An Electric trolley is on the trestle. The substation buildings can be seen on the opposite side of the river."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… incorporated and Presque Isle had its first water company, the Presque Isle Water Company, which built and operated the reservoir at Mantle Lake to…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Mid to Late Nineteenth Century

"Phebe Cole Townsend's 'electric' blue dress, Alexander, ca. 1863Maine Historical Society Industrial developments made significant contributions to…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 11 of 13

"The truck on the left has an electric hoist. When this truck was new, truck bodies were still in the transition stage from box over the rear wheels…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"… of the Bath Street Railroad, Bath Gas and Electric company, and the New England Ship Building Company. Galen C."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Wilder's Jewelry

"Ike Wilder didn’t sell just jewelry, but also electric shavers made by Schick, Remington, and Sunbeam."

Historic Hallowell - Communication

"O’Brien’s company produced some of the first electric horns for automobiles. They thought that the invention would work well, so they took it to an…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Shipyards

"… halted, the ice was harvested by a Hampden company, Dirigo Ice Company, and shipped to cities in the south to help aid in refrigeration."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 8 of 13

"… would push a button on the loader grip to run an electric motor that will hoist the barrel onto the truck body."

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…"

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…"

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 Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 3 of 4

"… day and one for evening; a bright blue, possibly ‘electric’ blue, taffeta with a combination of knife pleats, side and back double box pleats and a…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"The Bangor, Hampden & Winterport Electric Company trolley, Hampden, circa 1900Hampden Historical Society Easily accessible from Bangor and Brewer by…"

Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge

"… needed to power the building's lights due to electricity becoming available from Ellsworth. Hollis moved the steam engine through the woods to…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School

"In 1931, the school got electricity and stove jackets were placed in each room, and in 1940, chemical toilets were installed."

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"… and Heat Company, was the first supplier of an electric current to Hallowell. Stickney & Page Dam, Cascade, Hallowell, 1871 Stickney & Page…"