Central Maine Power Co. recording book. Volume 1, 1939-1952.

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Central Maine Power Co. recording book. Volume 1, 1939-1952.

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Copies of contracts for assorted electrical appliances, such as ranges, refrigerators, water heaters, shavers, and washing machines, purchased on time payments from CMP by residents of Freeport.

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Freeport Historical Society

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Freeport (Me. : Town). Town Clerk

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Dyer, Alpheus G., 1889-1966

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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...