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Construction of the large New England Clean Energy Connect hydropower converter station off outer Main Street in Lewiston is seen Monday afternoon in its final phase. The Lewiston City Council recently approved a tax increment financing district for the project, which is estimated to produce $1.4 million in revenue annually. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

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Construction of the large New England Clean Energy Connect hydropower converter station off outer Main Street in Lewiston is seen Monday afternoon in its final phase. The Lewiston City Council recently approved a tax increment financing district for the project, which is estimated to produce $1.4 million in revenue annually. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Construction of the large New England Clean Energy Connect hydropower converter station off outer Main Street in Lewiston is seen Monday afternoon in its final phase. The Lewiston City Council recently approved a tax increment financing district for the project, which is estimated to produce $1.4 million in revenue annually. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Construction of the large New England Clean Energy Connect hydropower converter station off outer Main Street in Lewiston is seen Monday afternoon in its final phase. The Lewiston City Council recently approved a tax increment financing district for the project, which is estimated to produce $1.4 million in revenue annually. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Construction of the large New England Clean Energy Connect hydropower converter station off outer Main Street in Lewiston is seen Monday afternoon in its final phase. The Lewiston City Council recently approved a tax increment financing district for the project, which is estimated to produce $1.4 million in revenue annually. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

A lifelong resident of Lewiston, Russ stumbled into photography as a college student working toward a career in psychology. His great-grandfather Louis B. Costello was the publisher of the Lewiston Daily...