Central Maine Power Company railway papers, 1911-1914.

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Central Maine Power Company railway papers, 1911-1914.

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Papers concerning the interest in the building of the Portland-Lewiston Interurban Railroad and its various phases.

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Maine Historical Society Library

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Portland-Lewiston Interurban Railroad Co.

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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 develop...