BRIDGTON, Maine — Tom Kelleher, historian and curator of Mechanical Arts at Old Sturbridge Village in Sturbridge, Mass., will present an illustrated program on how water power worked and its importance to early America today at 7 p.m. in the Temperance Barn at Narramissic in Bridgton, Maine.

No town is a better example of water power’s importance than Bridgton. The Perry Turbine, a technological innovation that greatly improved water power’s efficiency, was produced here, and Bridgton was a bustling industrial center for many years. Patterns for the sand castings that were used to produce the turbines are on display in the barn.

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