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Great Cranberry Island Historical Society

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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…"

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…"

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."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… was the year the Bangor, Hampden & Winterport Electric Railway made its maiden run down the twelve mile stretch of track from Bangor to Hampden."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"Except for the electric light bulbs and plastic baskets, the Brining Room was basically the same traditional space."

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…"

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."

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"Falling telephone and electrical wires hampered his rescue, and Scribner died at the scene. State Street ruins, Bangor, 1911Bangor Public…"

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"Railroads now: Trains now run on fossil fuels or electricity. They are run through computer programming, or managed on board by a handful of staff."

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."

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 2 of 2

"… staff used the latest ultra-sonic equipment, electrical stimulation, cervical traction, infrared and diathermy treatments."

Colby College Special Collections

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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…"

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…"

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 - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"It was thought to be started by an electrical problem. The roof collapsed in on the third floor, and caved in on the second."

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."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… with handsome mercantile blocks, with banks, electric lights, water systems equal to the best, and sewerage systems well under way."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

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

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…"

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 - 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."