Bangor, Maine, USA
1916

Bangor, a city and port of entry, the capital of Penob scot co., Me., is pleasantly situated on the right bank of the Penobscot River, at the mouth of the Kenduskeag, about 60 miles from the ocean. It is on the Maine Central and the Bangor and Aroostook Rs., 138 miles NE. of Portland and 24« miles from Boston. Lat. 44° 48' N. ; Lon. 68° 47' W. A bridge about 1300 feet long, crowing the Penobscot River, connects Bangor with Brewer. Bangor is the third city in the state in population, being exceeded only by Portland and Lewiston. It is at the head of navigation on the Penobscot River, which traverses extensive forests of pine, cedar, spruce, and hemlock. Large steamboats and ships can ascend the river to this place, where the tide rises 17 feet. The Kenduskeag River affords abundant water-power, which is employed in numerous mills. Bangor has various foundries with machine-shops, furniture-factories, steam planing-, pulp-, paper- and woollen-mills, boot- and shoe- manufactories, etc. It is after Chicago the greatest depot of lumber in the United States. Bangor is also engaged in foreign commerce, the coast trade, and ship-building. Numerous vessels, principally American, clear from Bangor for foreign ports annually, and several hundred vessels engaged in the coast trade, nearly one-half of which are steamers, enter this port. A dam built across the Penobsoot, just above the city, furnishes the great motive-power of its mills. This city is the seat of the Bangor Theological Seminary (Congregational), which was founded in 1816. The Eastern Maine Insane Hospital and the Eastern Maine General Hospital are located here. Pop. in 1840, 8627; in 1890, 19,103 ; in 1900, 21,850.

Lippincotts New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1 Angelo Heilprin Louis Heilprin - January 1, 1916 J.B. Lippincott - Publisher

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