History of Dexter’s hydropower Friday night

    DEXTER — Dexter-Dover Area Towns in Transition (DDATT) will host a video and discussion on small-scale hydropower operations and some history of the rise and fall of Dexter’s water power resource Friday, Aug. 1 at 7 p.m. at the Abbot Memorial Library.

    Most early Maine settlements were centered close to some sort of falling water to use for power before steam from coal and oil became popular.
    Dexter, with the East Branch of the Sebasticook Stream falling over 160 vertical feet between the surface of Lake Wassookeag and the bottom of Fayscott Bog, has a remarkable resource that once powered the town’s business but now is not harnessed at all.
    A few years ago, the Dexter Energy Committee began to investigate possible uses for the stream, and many local citizens joined in with imaginative and enthusiastic ideas.
    The public is invited and encouraged to bring some “garden bounty” to share. For more information, visit the DDATT Facebook page.