Register today for the annual tide mill conference on Saturday, October 16, at 10 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (14:00 UTC).
This year it’s a hybrid: attend in person at the University of Southern Maine in Portland from 10 am to 2 pm, or join on line via Zoom for the presentations from 10 am to 12 pm.
This year’s presentations offer unusual variety. They’ll cover tide mill sites in Maine and Cape Cod and describe how tide power influenced the course of history in New York and Portugal. Participants will also hear the latest news about modern tidal energy technology.
In addition, the conference features the first public preview of the Tide Mill Institute’s new online tide mill database. It currently holds data and images for U.S. tide mill sites from Maine to Virginia, and it could eventually be expanded to worldwide coverage.
The first 20 to register for the in-person program will tour the Osher Map Library on the USM campus from 1 to 2 pm, so register as soon as possible to reserve your space. Note that the Osher collection now includes insurance drawings from the American Textile History Museum.
Presentations start at 10:00 EDT (14:00 UTC) and end at 12 (16:00 UTC). After a brief Tide Mill Institute business meeting and a lunch break, twenty in-person participants will tour the Osher Map Library accompanied by archivist Jane Ward.
More information and registration instructions
State and local Covid protocols require masks for in-person conference participants.