Central Maine Power Company
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Central Maine Power Company
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Central Maine Power Company
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Central Maine Power Company (CMP) was founded in 1899 when Harvey D. Eaton, an attorney from Waterville, Maine, and Walter S. Wyman, an engineer, bought the Oakland Electric Company. This company, organized in 1887, owned a hydroelectric generator which provided street lighting and electricity to the community of Oakland, Maine. Eaton and Wyman recognized early on the potential for generating electricity that Maine's rivers provided. The company acquired small hydroelectric companies and developed new sites to supply hydropower during the early 20th century in Maine.
Cumberland County Power and Light Co. was an electrical utilities company which merged with the Central Maine Power Co. in 1941.
Public utility supplier of electricity in Freeport, Me.
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https://viaf.org/viaf/138441948
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85162373
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n85162373
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Electric railroads
Electric utilities
Household appliances, Electric
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Maine--Augusta
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Maine--Waterville
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Maine
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Maine--Lewiston
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Maine--Portland
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Freeport (Me. : Town)
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Maine--Lewiston
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Maine
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Maine--Freeport
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Maine
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Maine--Portland
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