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gieat advantages for commerce, oeing at the bead of winter navigation. Much ship-building 

 IS done at this place ; the shipping of the district of Bath amounts to 40,000 tons ; this includes 

 the whole of Kennebec river. Bath contains 2 academies, 2 banks, and 4 churches. The 

 river here is wide and seldom frozen. Population 4,600. 



Wiscasset, on the west side of Sheepscot river, is a maritime town, and has an open, 

 safe, and capacious harbor. Its shipping amounts to 11,GG0 tons ; the trade is chiefly in lumber 

 and wood. This town has a court liouse, jail, church, academy, insurance oflice, and 2 printing 

 offices. Population 2,250. 



fValdoboro^ is a considerable town, 22 miles east of Wiscasset, at the head of Muscongus 

 bay. It has 40,000 tons of shipping, principally employed in the coasting trade ; its chief 

 articles of commerce are lumber and lime. Population o,500. 



Thomaston^ on Penobscot bay, is one of the principal towns in the State. Great quantities 

 of limestone are found here, and most of the lime exported from Maine is manufactured at 

 Thomaston. Marble of excellent quality is also quarried, and much granite is dressed for ex- 

 portation. A State prison has been built here on the plan of the Auburn and Sing Sing pris- 

 ons. Population 5,300. 



Castine, on the east side of Penobscot bay, a little below the mouth of Penobscot river, is 

 situated on a promontory, and has a large and excellent harbor, open at all seasons. In time 

 of war this place might become important as a military station, being a situation of great natural 

 strength, and capable, wiih proper fortifications, of being made an impregnable fortress. Placed 

 at the entrance of the Penobscot, it commands the outlet of that river, and the whole bay ; 

 a: d were an enemy in possession of it, he would, in addition to this, be enabled to control the 

 whole extent of seacoast, from the Penobscot, eastward. The trade of this place is conside- 

 ar).e. Castine was taken by the British during the late war, but surrendered at the peace of 

 1814. Popul-ation 1200. 



Bangor^ incorporated as a city in 1834, and the second town in the State, stands on the 

 Penobscot, 35 miles above Castine, at the head of tide water, and has a fine commercial situa- 

 tion, although the river below is frozen in the winter to the distance of 12 miles ; it trades 

 much in lumber. There is a Theological Seminary here. There are in Bangor and the vi- 

 cinity upwards of 250 saw-mills, cutting about 200,000,000 feet of boards, all of which is ship- 

 ped at Bangor ; the annual value of the lumber shipped hence exceeds 1 ,000,000 dollars, about 

 1,200 vessels being engaged in the trade. Population 10,000. A railroad extends to Orono, 12 

 miles above, which contains numerous sau'-mi!ls, and a population of 4,000. Frankfort, below 

 Bangor, is a thriving town, with 3,300 inhabitants. 



Ilallowell, on the Kennebec, 40 miles above its mouth, principally on the west side of the 

 river, and in the midst of a fertile district, has within a few years increased rapidly, and is now 

 very flourishing. It has several churches, an academy, a bank, 4 printing offices, mills, many 

 well-built stores, and there are 10 wharves on the west bank of the river. Loaded vessels of 



150 tons come up to the wharves. 

 The gneiss quarries of Hallowell 

 afford a valuable building stone, 

 known as Hallov.ell granite. The 

 buildings of this town are princi- 

 pally upon 3 streets on the west 

 side of the river ; 2 of them run- 

 ning parallel to it, and the other 

 crossing them. To the west a 

 high hill extends from north to 

 south the whole length of the vil- 

 lage, on the slope of which 3 new 

 streets are laid out, and 2 others 

 intersecting them. Hallowell ex- 

 ports granite, beef, pork, ashes, 

 grain, lumber, &.c. Pop. 5,000. 



Jlugusta, on the Kennebec, 2 

 miles above Hallowell, is the capi- 

 tal of the State. It is a pleasant 

 and flourishing town, and contains 

 court house. State house, State insane hospital, a female academy, several banks, and an p)e- 



State Iluuse. 



