Lewiston, Maine, USA
1854 - Lewiston

Lewiston, a flourishing post-village of Lincoln county, Maine, is situated on the left bank of the Androscoggin river, and on the Androscoggin and Kennebec railroad, 33 miles N. from Portland. The river here has a fall of about 50 feet in 15 rods, affording water privileges equal to the best in New England. The scenery on this portion of the river is exceedingly wild and picturesque. About 700 acres of land adjoining the falls have recently been purchased by a company of capitalists, for the purpose of building up a manufacturing city. A dam across the Androscoggin has already been constructed, and extensive mills erected. A bridge, 1000 feet in length, spans the river immediately below the falls. Four temperance hotels are supported in the village, which also contains several churches, a bank, a valuable public library, a newspaper office, and an academy. From its present prospects there can be no doubt that Lewiston will become one of the largest interior towns of the state. The Atlantic and St. Lawrence railroad passes on the opposite side of the river. Population of the township in 1840, 1801 ; in 1850, 3584; of the village in 1853, probably 4000.

A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.

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