Maine Innovation Expo at Museum L-A in Lewiston: Seashore Trolley Museum Will Be There

Stop by Seashore's Table at the Expo

Seashore Trolley Museum will have a table at the Maine Innovation Expo in Lewiston at the former Bates Mill in Museum L-A space utilized for the Expo, on Saturday, May 19. We will have some hands-on activities that were state-of-the-art innovations more than 100 years ago!
In 1915, the electric streetcars in Maine were not only innovative but were also essential to economic growth throughout the State. Click Here to read about how 57 million passengers rode the trolleys in Maine in 1915!

To this day, they continue to generate amazement among volunteers and visitors at the Museum of Mass Transit, Seashore Trolley Museum, the Oldest and Largest Museum of its type in the World.
Click Here to learn about trolleys and the Portland-Lewiston Interurban in Lewiston 1910-1933

Theodore Roosevelt was a passenger on 

the Portland-Lewiston Interurban, No. 14,

Narcissus, on August 18, 1914, on a trip

from Lewiston to Portland. We will be

giving away a few "Teddy" buttons.

Stop by Seashore's exhibit to learn the

details :)

Everyone that stops by the Seashore Trolley Museum table 

will receive a limited edition Narcissus Novelty Note.

We will have a couple of different challenging

history-based worksheets that when completed

successfully, the participant earns an

uncirculated Theodore Roosevelt-related

National Park Quarter. (Limited quantities).

Stop by our table for details. Bring a phone

that has a scanner app that will open QR codes.

You will handle some turn-of-the-century innovations, turn-of-the-20th Century that is, at Seashore's table. Some of those innovations were highlighted in the Museum's Lewiston native, 1912 Portland-Lewiston Interurban, No. 14, Narcissus. The Narcissus has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places, along with nine other historic railway vehicles from Maine, since 1980.

Did you know that the electric railway vehicles of the Portland-Lewiston Interurban from 1914 through its end in 1933, were each outfitted with a Cell Phone? These particular cell phones were patented in 1903 by Western Electric. The phones operated using 1.5 volts, dry cell batteries :) Stop by the Seashore table, and, see one of the phones and crank it up.

2018 EXPO EXHIBITORS as of 4.6.2018

Alternative Manufacturing, Inc.      Auburn PAL Center      Bike Part Art 

Code for Maine      Destination Imagination      E. Claire & Pastries      Ed Hodsdon Masonry 

Edward Little High School      Girl Scouts of Maine      Halycon Yarns      Inventing Trees

Lewiston and Auburn Adult Education      Lewiston Police Department      Lewiston Public Library Lewiston Regional Technical Center      LifeFlight of Maine      Maine Drone Society 

Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance      Maine Media Workshops + College 

Maine National History Day      Maine State Museum      Maine Thread Company 

Michael Menes PRODUCTIONS      Occupational Therapy Program University of Southern Maine Pettengill Academy      Project>Login      Pure-Stat™ Technologies, Inc.      

Rancourt & Co. Shoecrafters      Red Cross      Revision Energy      Robotics Institute of Maine 

RSU 19      Seashore Trolley Museum      Share Center      Somali Bantu Community Association Springworks Farm      St. Dominic Academy Robotics Team      SwarmAG      The Auburn Library The Hive      The Landing School of Boat Building and Design      Ian Trask, Artist 

University of Maine Cooperative Extension's Eat Well Nutrition Education Program 

University of Maine's Emera Astronomy Center 

University of Maine's Office of Innovation and Economic Development 

Window Dressers     Zay Knives 

John Middleton, volunteer at the Seashore

Trolley Museum, demonstrates the operation

of a typical electric streetcar (trolley) controller.

Starting off in series, then moving to parallel as

achieved speed dictates. Stop by the Seashore

table and you too can turn the handle of this

controller :)

We'll be giving away a few of these

books. Stop by Seashore's table

to learn the details :)

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The Narcissus in Union Square, Lewiston on April 6, 1933.

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We continue the restoration work on the 1912, Narcissus, the only surviving high-speed, luxury interurban coach of the Portland-Lewiston Interurban. 

Click Here: Narcissus Restoration-Related Posts

Being more than a century old, the stately, "Elegant Ride," Narcissus, is a gem.  This shimmering precious stone of Maine transportation history is brilliantly resplendent as it emanates so many elements of history, including; time, places, people, and events, that it was coupled to, that when just a smattering of its seemingly innumerable stories are shared, the contents captivates, fascinates, then generates, interest to learn more 🙋. The majestic Narcissus is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Please consider joining the epic journey to complete the Narcissus Project by making a donation today!

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The restoration of this majestic icon of Maine's electric railway history is but one in a series of captivating stories containing an abundance of incredible coalition of narratives.

Click Here: History-Related Posts - Narcissus and Portland-Lewiston Interurban

     The Narcissus is featured in the national Gold Award-winning novel, Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride. The "Elegant Ride" is the Narcissus. Theodore Roosevelt was a passenger on the Narcissus on August 18, 1914, between Lewiston and Portland, Maine, while campaigning for the Progressive Party candidates.

Click Here: Bookstores and Businesses promoting the Narcissus Project

Independent book publisher, Phil Morse, holding

the Gold Book Award Winner plaque for

 the Middle Reader category for The Eric

Hoffer Book Award. Congratulations to

award-winning Maine author,

Jean M. Flahive