Item 23691 - Boiler house, Passamaquoddy Tidal Power project, Eastport, 1935
- Item 23691 - Boiler house, Passamaquoddy Tidal Power project, Eastport, 1935
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Image Info Sketch of a temporary boiler house to supply worker housing, a school, fire station, and hospital at the site of the Passamaquoddy Bay Tidal Power Development in Eastport.
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The project was planned to harness tides in Cobscook and Passamaquoddy bays to generate electricity. The Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works allocated $7 million in 1935 to begin construction. No further funds were allocated and the project was abandoned in August 1936.
