Records, 1915-1921.

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Records, 1915-1921.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54767023

Financial records of a local electric utility in Maine. Included are cashbooks, ledgers, accounts payable ledgers, and distribution ledgers.

15 ledgers ; 29-35 cm.

Raymond H. Fogler Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7681515

Raymond H. Fogler Library

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Oxford Electric Company (Me.).

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Originally formed as the Norway and Paris Street Railway, the Oxford Electric Company also purchased property rights to supply electric power to the towns of Norway, Paris, and Mechanic Falls. The company had two divisions, the Mechanic Falls Division and the Norway & Paris Division. It stopped service on its street railway in 1918 and was absorbed by Central Maine Power Company in 1921. From the description of Records, 1915-1921. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 54767023 ...

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...