Maine Memory Network

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

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

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Maine Railroads

"It was an electric railroad known as the Aroostook Valley Rail Road, or AVR. It also had its own train station."

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

"There was great excitement that July when the rails of the Biddeford and Saco Railroad Company were finally connected to those of the Portland…"

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"… Frank Bixby installed a pole changer, which is electric, and took the place of an operator. In the office it could get very confusing trying to…"

Pejepscot Historical Society

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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…"

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…"

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"During that time the water, chemicals, and electricity had time to work their magic.” Apparently, nothing more elaborate than a cast iron pot was at…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"It was also voted on August 23, 1904, to build an annex. In 1918, a tennis court was built at the rear of the building and electric lights were…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"Soon an electric light company was set up that could handle 5,000 lamps. By 1882 Rodick House, now the largest summer hotel in America, could hold…"

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

"A butter factory, Carrabassett Creamery, was organized as a stock company in Nov.1899. The factory was built near the bridge crossing Gilman Stream."

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"… 1911Lubec Historical Society Festooned with electric lights, Lubec prepared Water Street, below, for the July 4th parade which simultaneously…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"The inn offered “Electric Lights, Long Distance Telephone, Telegraphic Office, Saddle Horses, [and] Excellent Livery” (Wood 73)."

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… slowly fading in population with the advent of electricity and the railroad. Saw Logs Over the Dam, Guilford, ca."

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"… the first hot-air balloon in Bangor, the first electric street railroad, a horseless carriage, and others."

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

"… a post office, a historical society and Ace Electric Company. The Lion's Hall is still here but not used very much."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… infrastructure including upgrading of the water, electric and sewer systems and a new municipal building."

Colby College Special Collections

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

"… ice needed to keep food cold in the days before electricity. An ice house was often located near the sawmill in order to take advantage of the…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… • Census results – 3,005 1902 • Lubec Water & Electric District established – water mains laid throughout village and outlying areas 1904 • Lubec’s…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"Electricity was not introduced to Islesboro until the late 1920s. Dark Harbor Village, 1906Islesboro Historical Society DARK HARBOR In 1884…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"In the early 1900s indoor plumbing and electricity where used in new construction. When the construction was finished, the building had gone $750…"

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."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Electricity and phone lines dotted the landscape about the same time. Not long after, the town was seeing the “mechanical horse” on the streets."