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Moving Image		Wyman starts CMP MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:01:24 Central Maine Power (CMP) Company was the creation of the entrepreneur, Walter Wyman, and his partner Harvey Eaton. CMP took the lead in the early consolidation of electrical power. Find Similar Resources	Central Maine Power Company Hydroelectric power plants Rivers Water Power

Moving Image		Wyman's Hydroelectric Dam Plan MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:01:26 The entrepreneur Walter Wyman saw the demand for power growing in all markets with no end in sight. He planned to build a series of three smaller dams on the Kennebec and Dead Rivers. Find Similar Resources	Hydroelectric power plants Rivers Water Power

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Text		An Act Regulating the Rafting of Logs on the Kennbec River Fogler Special Collections, Text An Act Regulating the Rafting of Logs on the Kennbec River. A pamphlet reprinting the legislative act that regulated the use of the Kennebec River for log driving. Find Similar Resources	Booms (log transportation) Log driving Lumbering Lumbering Rivers

Still Image		The Dam and Woolen Mills, Old Town, ME Fogler Special Collections, Still Image Postcard with non-photographic view of "The Dam and Woolen Mills, Old Town, ME" from French Island on the Milford side of the river. This view is indicative of the importance of water power in the industrialization of Maine. Find Similar Resources	Dams Industrialization Industry Rivers Textile factories Waterways

Still Image		Ferry boat crossing the Piscataquis River Fogler Special Collections, Still Image Photograph captioned: "Ferry boat crossing the Piscataquis River at the so-called Lower Ferry from East to West." Shows a small boat with four men and a horse and buggy. Find Similar Resources	Ferries Horse-drawn vehicles Rivers Transportation

Sound		Interview with Calvin Hafford Maine Folklife Center, Sound Selection from an interview with Calvin Hafford, who worked in the woods around the St. John and Allegash rivers, conducted by Jeff McKeen. In the selection, Hafford sings part of a song, "The Androscoggin Shore," about the death of a man on the river drive on the Androscoggin River. Find Similar Resources	Log driving Lumbering Lumbering Lumbering accidents Rivers Songs

Sound		Interview with Earl Bonness Maine Folklife Center, Sound Selection from an interview with Earl Bonness about his experiences as a river driver on the Machias River, conducted by Edward D. Ives. In the selection, Bonness describes the death of his brother-in-law, who drowned during an attempt to pick, or free up, a pile of logs jammed in the river. Find Similar Resources	Log driving Lumbering Lumbering Lumbering accidents Rivers

Sound		Interview with Ed Burrill about Log Driving Maine Folklife Center, Sound Selection from an interview with Ed Burrill about his experiences as a river driver on the Saco River. In this selection, Burrill describes how the batteaux were used in the river drives, preventing and picking jams, and leaving the river when a jam let go. Find Similar Resources	Boats and boating Log driving Lumbering Rivers

Sound		Interview with Ed Burrill about Man Drowning Maine Folklife Center, Sound Selection from an interview with Ed Burrill about his experiences as a river driver on the Saco River. In the selection, Burrill tells the story of a new man on the drive who drowned. Find Similar Resources	Log driving Lumbering Lumbering Lumbering accidents Rivers

Sound		Interview with Ernest Kennedy Maine Folklife Center, Sound Selection from an interview with Ernest Kennedy conducted by Elizabeth Warner and Jack Beard. In the selection, Kennedy briefly describes the operation of a sorting boom. He describes how logs coming down the river are chosen by a checker based on their log marks, and sent to shore to be rafted with other logs belonging to the same company. Find Similar Resources	Booms (log transportation) Log brands Log driving Lumbering Lumbering Rivers

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