Maine Memory Network

Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

""Education is like lighting a flame in your mind." Item courtesy of the University of Maine Special Collections. X Sports taught Bill discipline."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"The additional generator would furnish an additional 1000 lights. The electric company asked Gould to take over the business as General Manager."

Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware

"If people needed a new light bulb because theirs went out they would need to wait another day to get it if the Weatherbee Hardware store wasn’t there."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"A light inspection of the equipment was done daily with more rigorous inspection performed twice a month by the one repair man."

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…"

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… Frances Tryon, Portland, 1946Northern Light Mercy Hospital Mercy Hospital has a long history of community involvement that stretches back to…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… 10:30 at night, there would be lobster boat lights flashing all along the Neck and the boats would come in, off-load liquor, and load it onto Old…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

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

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"… a man.” With John Willard on the seat, shake your light and dainty feet O, you can do it boy! Right well we know you can Let each horse that steps…"

Bangor Public Library

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… it provided the first street and traffic lights. As the town grew, the downtown business district began to thrive."

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"When the electric light first came in, small bulbs hung in the schoolrooms from long ropes. These made for better lighting, but its quality was still…"

Colby College Special Collections

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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