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Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine, USA
"Bath, a city, port of entry, and seat of justice of Sagadahoc, Me, is situated on the right bank of the Kennebec River, 12 miles from the ocean, 30 miles S. of Augusta, 36 miles N.E. of Portland, and 147 miles N.E. of Boston. The city extends about 2% miles along the bank of the river, and nearly 1 mile back. It is not laid out with any great regard to regularity. The site slopes gradually towards the E., and, being uneven, the streets are generally accommodated to its inequalities. The town is well built, and lighted by electricity. It has a first-class hotel, 5 national banks, 2 savings-banks, and 11 churches, 1 of which—the Central Congregational-cost about $30,000. The Beacon Street Methodist Church is also a handsome edifice. The schools are graded, and are among the very best in the state. The night-school is attended both by boys and by girls. One daily and 3 weekly newspapers are published in the city. In the business of shipping, Bath is surpassed by no city in the United States. The city enjoys superior ad vantages for navigation, as the river here is seldom frozen in winter. The principal imports are sugar, molasses, iron, hemp, and salt. The manufactures of the place are such as relate chiefly to ship-building. Among these may be mentioned an extensive cordage-factory, two large establishments for making ship-blocks, and 4 steam saw-mills. Bath has steamboat communication with Portland, Augusta, and Boston. It is the terminus of a branch of the Maine Central Railroad, the junction being at Brunswick. Another rail road, the Knox & Lincoln, opens railway communication between Bath and Rockland, a distance of 44 miles, and connects with the Maine Central Railroad. Bath was settled in 1756, and incorporated in 1780. Pop. in 1820, 30.26; in 1830, 3773; in 1840, 5141; in 1850, 8020; in 1860, 8076; in 1870, 7371; in 1880, 7874; in 1890, 8723."
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ...
Joseph Thomas
January 1, 1895
J.B. Lippincott
"Bath, a city, port of entry, and seat of justice of Sagadahoc, Me, is situated on the right bank of the Kennebec River, 12 miles from the ocean, 30 miles S. of Augusta, 36 miles N.E. of Portland, and 147 miles N.E. of Boston. The city extends about 2% miles along the bank of the river, and nearly 1 mile back. It is not laid out with any great regard to regularity. The site slopes gradually towards the E., and, being uneven, the streets are generally accommodated to its inequalities. The town is well built, and lighted by electricity. It has a first-class hotel, 5 national banks, 2 savings-banks, and 11 churches, 1 of which—the Central Congregational-cost about $30,000. The Beacon Street Methodist Church is also a handsome edifice. The schools are graded, and are among the very best in the state. The night-school is attended both by boys and by girls. One daily and 3 weekly newspapers are published in the city. In the business of shipping, Bath is surpassed by no city in the United States. The city enjoys superior ad vantages for navigation, as the river here is seldom frozen in winter. The principal imports are sugar, molasses, iron, hemp, and salt. The manufactures of the place are such as relate chiefly to ship-building. Among these may be mentioned an extensive cordage-factory, two large establishments for making ship-blocks, and 4 steam saw-mills. Bath has steamboat communication with Portland, Augusta, and Boston. It is the terminus of a branch of the Maine Central Railroad, the junction being at Brunswick. Another rail road, the Knox & Lincoln, opens railway communication between Bath and Rockland, a distance of 44 miles, and connects with the Maine Central Railroad. Bath was settled in 1756, and incorporated in 1780. Pop. in 1820, 30.26; in 1830, 3773; in 1840, 5141; in 1850, 8020; in 1860, 8076; in 1870, 7371; in 1880, 7874; in 1890, 8723."
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ...
Joseph Thomas
January 1, 1895
J.B. Lippincott
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- 1781 - Bath formed from a part of Georgetown
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Erudition School House, "1794"
Brig Clarissa Ann, Bath, Maine, 1824
Maine Maritime Museum, Bath, Maine- 1833 - Bath Iron Foundry established on the Kennebec River
http://maineanencyclopedia.com/ - On June 14, 1847 Bath was incorporated as a city
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1854 - The Destructive Gate - Its Effects at the East.
...The depot at the Bath junction was blown over upon the track, and the telegraph wires were broken...
The New York Times
New York, New York
March 21, 1854- 1859
BATH, a sea-port in Lincoln co., in the state of Maine, U. S., 37 m. S of Augusta, on the W bank of the Kennebec, 12 m. from the ocean. Pop. in 1801, ...Read MORE... - Beginning in the 1860s, regular steamer service brought reliable transport to Bath, Portland, and Boston.
boothbayhistorical.org/ life-in-the-boothbay-region - 1871 - 8 Year Journey
A lady in Bath, Maine, has just had returned to her by the Post-Office Department a letter which she mailed eight years and six months ago. It was...Read MORE... - 1873 - BATH: DROWNED.
Bath, Me., Sept. 15. While schooner London of Eastport, John Cassidy, master, lumber loaded, was coming through Merrymeeting Bay last night, she...Read MORE... - 1884 - General Hyde renames Bath Iron Foundry as Bath Iron Works and incorporates company
http://maineanencyclopedia.com/ - 1889 - Bath
NEW ENGLAND had many a romance in its younger years, which amid the mystic glamour of a primeval period, would easily have developed into legend or...Read MORE... 
Center Street in 1889
Leading Business Men of LEWISTON, AUGUSTA and VICINITY, BOSTON, MERCANTILE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1889- 1894 - Fire - BATH SUFFERED A HEAVY LOSS
About Half a Million Dollars' Damage by the Fire of Sunday.
BATH, Me., Jan. 29 - The fire in Bath yesterday was the worst the city had ever known. ...Read MORE... - 1894 - February 3 - 1st US steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath, Me
historyorb.com - 1895 - BEATEN AND ROBBED. Joseph Stevens of Five Islands Has Rough Experience with Highwayman.
Bath – Nov. 27. – Joseph Stevens, 65 years old, a prominent citizen of Five Islands, was waylaid and robbed Tuesday in Georgetown. Stevens, who is a...Read MORE... 
Old Ladies Home
M.C.R.R. Station, Bath, Maine.
Front Street from Opera House, 1904
The Morse High School, 1905
Maine Court House and Soldiers Monument
Washington Street from Elm. Bath, Maine. (1907)
The Shannon House, 1908
Center Street, 1910
King Tavern, Home of first Gov. of Maine, Gov. King
Peoples Baptist Church
Wesley M.E. Church
Post Office and Custom House
View on the Kennebec River, 1914
City Park and Fountain and Winter St. Church
Orphan Home- 1916
Bath, a city, port of entry, and seat of justice of Sagadahoc oo., Me., is situated on the right bank of the Kennebec River, 12 miles from the ocean, ...Read MORE... 
Launching a Torpedo Boat Destroyer, Bath Iron Works
Public Library, Bath, Maine
Hotel Sedgwick
Center Street, looking East
Front Street
Bath Iron Works Office
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Bath, Maine, USA
Erudition School House, "1794"
Bath, Maine, USA
Brig Clarissa Ann, Bath, Maine, 1824
Maine Maritime Museum, Bath, Maine
Bath, Maine, USA
Center Street in 1889
Leading Business Men of LEWISTON, AUGUSTA and VICINITY, BOSTON, MERCANTILE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1889
Bath, Maine, USA
Old Ladies Home
Bath, Maine, USA
M.C.R.R. Station, Bath, Maine.
Bath, Maine, USA
Front Street from Opera House, 1904
Bath, Maine, USA
The Morse High School, 1905
Bath, Maine, USA
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Washington Street from Elm. Bath, Maine. (1907)
Bath, Maine, USA
Maine Court House and Soldiers Monument
Bath, Maine, USA
The Shannon House, 1908
Bath, Maine, USA
Center Street, 1910
Bath, Maine, USA
King Tavern, Home of first Gov. of Maine, Gov. King
Bath, Maine, USA
Peoples Baptist Church
Bath, Maine, USA
Wesley M.E. Church
Bath, Maine, USA
Post Office and Custom House
Bath, Maine, USA
View on the Kennebec River, 1914
Bath, Maine, USA
City Park and Fountain and Winter St. Church
Bath, Maine, USA
Orphan Home
Bath, Maine, USA
Launching a Torpedo Boat Destroyer, Bath Iron Works
Bath, Maine, USA
Public Library, Bath, Maine
Bath, Maine, USA
Hotel Sedgwick
Bath, Maine, USA
Center Street, looking East
Bath, Maine, USA
Front Street
Bath, Maine, USA
Bath Iron Works Office
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1781 - Bath formed from a part of Georgetown
maineanencyclopedia.com/ georgetown/
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1833 - Bath Iron Foundry established on the Kennebec River
http://maineanencyclopedia.com/
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On June 14, 1847 Bath was incorporated as a city
http://maineanencyclopedia.com/bath/
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1854 - The Destructive Gate - Its Effects at the East.
...The depot at the Bath junction was blown over upon the track, and the telegraph wires were broken...
The New York Times
New York, New York
March 21, 1854
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1859
BATH, a sea-port in Lincoln co., in the state of Maine, U. S., 37 m. S of Augusta, on the W bank of the Kennebec, 12 m. from the ocean. Pop. in 1801, ... Read MORE...
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Beginning in the 1860s, regular steamer service brought reliable transport to Bath, Portland, and Boston.
boothbayhistorical.org/ life-in-the-boothbay-region
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1871 - 8 Year Journey
A lady in Bath, Maine, has just had returned to her by the Post-Office Department a letter which she mailed eight years and six months ago. It was... Read MORE...
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1873 - BATH: DROWNED.
Bath, Me., Sept. 15. While schooner London of Eastport, John Cassidy, master, lumber loaded, was coming through Merrymeeting Bay last night, she... Read MORE...
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1884 - General Hyde renames Bath Iron Foundry as Bath Iron Works and incorporates company
http://maineanencyclopedia.com/
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1889 - Bath
NEW ENGLAND had many a romance in its younger years, which amid the mystic glamour of a primeval period, would easily have developed into legend or... Read MORE...
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1894 - Fire - BATH SUFFERED A HEAVY LOSS
About Half a Million Dollars' Damage by the Fire of Sunday.
BATH, Me., Jan. 29 - The fire in Bath yesterday was the worst the city had ever known. ... Read MORE...
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1894 - February 3 - 1st US steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath, Me
historyorb.com
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1895 - BEATEN AND ROBBED. Joseph Stevens of Five Islands Has Rough Experience with Highwayman.
Bath – Nov. 27. – Joseph Stevens, 65 years old, a prominent citizen of Five Islands, was waylaid and robbed Tuesday in Georgetown. Stevens, who is a... Read MORE...
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1916
Bath, a city, port of entry, and seat of justice of Sagadahoc oo., Me., is situated on the right bank of the Kennebec River, 12 miles from the ocean, ... Read MORE...
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