An Archive devloped by the Old Canada Road Historical Society, with ongoing additions as they become available
With support from The Maine Heritage Council and The Kennebec-Chaudière Heritage Commission
To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the construction of Wyman Dam.

Newspaper Articles

• Wyman Dam 1928 Public Announcement
  The Independent Reporter, July 5, 1928, transcription of article. Includes the text of Walter Wyman's letter to stockholders announcing the Bingham area project
• Operations on Central Maine Power Dam at Bingham Well Under Way
  The Independent Reporter, November 15, 1928
  Railroad, Living Quarters for Employees, And Water System
• County Would Benefit By Passage of the Export Power Bill Wyman Says August 22, 1929, Independent Reporter
  Wyman's rationale for trying to overturn the Fernald Law, which prohibited the export of electric power outside Maine, in a special election on September 9, 1929
• Maine Association of Engineers Visit Site of Wyman Dam
  August 29, 1929, Indpenedent Reporter
  60 members of the MAE enjoyed dinner at the commissary and a tour of the project as guests of CMP. The tour included an inspection of the work site and the new living quarters, built as a community for the workers, known as Daggettville.
• Core Wall Shapes Up As Final Caisson Is Sealed
  Caisson Work At Bingham Said To Be One Of Most Extensive Jobs In World—Mild Weather Aid In Speeding Work Along
  Independent Reporter, April 3, 1930
• Wyman Dam Earth Fill Is Mounting
  Earth Dam More Than 50 Percent Completed—First Step In Raising Pond Will Start Soon
  Independent Reporter, June 5, 1930
• Start Construction of Bingham-Bucksport and Madison-Lewiston Power Lines Covering 120 Miles
  Preliminary Work Started July 1 - To Be Built At Rate Of One Mile A Day - Lines Will Operate at 110,000 Volts - Power Contracts.
  Independent Reporter, 1930
• Kennebec River Course Diverted at Site of Dam
  Engineering Feat Necessary to Carry Out Construction Program—Rapid Progress Made on Hydroelectric Development
  Independent Reporter, February 6, 1930.
• Articles on Road Building During the Construction of the Dam
  To prepare for the flooding of roads in use before the construction, new road building activities were undertaken: Pleasant Ridge work; Austin Stream Bridge; CMP Awarded Contract to Build Highway Above Moscow

• Milford Baker Construction Photographs 1928-1930
  A sampling of the pictorial history of construction — from initial excavation to the railroad extension, and from caissons to power generation units—all documented by a talented Moscow native.
• Architectural Drawing for Wymam Dam & Power House
  by the John Calvin Stevens Firm
  From the Collections of the Maine Historical Society. Used with permission.
• Charles Samuel Erskine Collection
  Photographs from the private collection of Charles Erskine, a shovel operator during the dam's construction
• Wilder Rollins Collection
  Photographs taken by Wilder Rollins and others during the construction
• Earle Smith Collection
  Photographs taken by Earle Smith who was an electrical engineer during the construction job
• Caisson Progress Blueprint - NEPSCO
  Arrangement, depths, dates of completion of caissons and keys. Drawn by New England Public Service Co. From the personal collection of John Downey, resident engineer.

• Walter Wyman and the Bingham Area Project
  Abstracts from a Newcomen Society talk given by Wiliam B. Skelton in 1949. Abstracts include brief biographical notes.
• The Burning and Flooding of the Hunnewell Homestead at Pleasant Ridge
  Robert E. Hunnewell's account, with photos, of the loss of his family's cherished homestead as Wyman Lake filled behind the dam
• The River   by Al Stuart
  Memoir by a Moscow native who worked as a river driver before he was hired as part of the construction crew at the dam
• Wyman Dam is By-Product of Romance
  Portland Sunday Telegram And Sunday Press Herald - Dec. 14, 1947. How James Kelleher's courtship of Angie Robinson at Pleasant Ridge sparked Walter Wyman's vision.

Site of Wyman Dam, 1929
From a photo by Milford Baker

About this Project
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