Records, 1893-1920

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Records, 1893-1920

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54470949

Financial records of a local electric utility in Maine. Included are journals, ledgers, a cashbook, and a voucher register.

6 ledgers ; 34-40 cm.

Raymond H. Fogler Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7678467

Raymond H. Fogler Library

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Waldoboro Water & Electric Light & Power Company (Me.).

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The Waldoboro Water & Electric Light & Power Company was incorporated by Chapter 590 of the 1893 Private and Special Laws of Maine. George Bliss, Edwin O. Clark, Lincoln L. Kennedy, Hiram Bliss, Levitt Storer, George W. Young, Theodore S. Brown, A.R.G. Smith, A.R. Nickerson, and T.F. Turner were the original corporators. The company was authorized to furnish both water and electric light to the village of Waldoboro. After acquiring a former flour mill and its privilege, the company put i...

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...