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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 317 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BANGOR , a See also:

city, See also:port of entry, and the See also:county-seat of See also:Penobscot county, See also:Maine, U.S.A., at the confluence of the Kenduskeag stream with the Penobscot See also:river, and at the See also:head of See also:navigation on the Penobscot, about 6o m. from the ocean, and about 75 M. N.E. of See also:Augusta. Pop. (1890) 19,103; (1900) 21,850, of whom 3726 were See also:foreign-See also:born and 176 were negroes; (1910, See also:census) 24,803. A See also:bridge (about 1300 ft. See also:long) across the Penobscot connects Bangor with See also:Brewer (pop. in 1910, 5667). Bangor is served directly by the Maine Central railway, several important branches radiating from the city, and by the Eastern Steamship See also:line; the Maine Central connects near the city with the Bangor & Aroostook railway (whose See also:general offices are here) and with the See also:Washington County railway. The business portion of the city lies on both sides of the Kenduskeag and for about 3 M. along the W. See also:bank of the Penobscot, which is here quite See also:low, while many See also:fine residences are on the hillsides farther back. Bangor is the seat of three See also:state institutions—the Eastern Maine general See also:hospital, the Eastern Maine insane hospital and the See also:law school of the University of Maine—and of the Bangor Theological See also:Seminary (Congregational), incorporated in 1814, opened at See also:Hampden in 1816, removed to Bangor in 1819, and empowered in 1905 to confer degrees in divinity. The city has several public parks, a public library and various charitable institutions, among which are a See also:children's See also:home, a home for aged men, a home for aged See also:women and a deaconesses' home. Among the See also:principal buildings are the county See also:court See also:house, the Federal See also:building, the city See also:hall and the See also:opera'house. The Eastern Maine See also:Music Festival is held in Bangor in See also:October of each See also:year. The rise of the See also:tide here to a height of 17 ft. makes the Penobscot navigable for large vessels; the Kenduskeag furnishes See also:good See also:water-See also:power; and the city is the See also:trade centre for an extensive agricultural See also:district.

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Fair is held here annually. Bangor is one of the largest See also:lumber depots in the See also:United States, and also See also:ships considerable quantities of See also:ice. The city's foreign trade is of some importance; in 1907 the imports were valued at $2,720,594, and the exports at $1,272,247. Bangor has various manufactures, the most important of which (other than those dependent upon lumber) are boots and shoes (including moccasins); among others are trunks, valises, saws, stoves, ranges and furnaces, edge tools and cant See also:dogs, saw-See also:mill machinery, See also:brick, clothing, cigars, See also:flour and See also:dairy products. In 1905 the city's factory products were valued at $3,4o8,355. The See also:municipality owns and operates the water-See also:works (the water-See also:supply being See also:drawn from the Penobscot by the See also:Holly See also:system) and an electric-See also:lighting plant; there is also a large electric. plant for See also:generation of See also:electricity for power and for commercial lighting, and in Bangor and the vicinity there were in 1908 about 6o m. of electric See also:street-railway. Bangor has been identified by some antiquarians as the site of the mythical city of Norumbega, and it was reported in 1656 that Fort Norombega, built by the See also:French, was See also:standing here; but the See also:authentic See also:history of Bangor begins in 1769 when the first settlers came. The See also:settlement was at first called Conduskeag and for a See also:short See also:time was locally known as See also:Sunbury. In 1791 the See also:town was incorporated, and through the See also:influence of the Rev. See also:Seth See also:Noble, the first pastor, the name was changed to Bangor, the name of one of his favourite hymn-tunes. During the See also:war of 1812 a See also:British force occupied Bangor for several days (in See also:September 1814), destroying vessels and cargoes. Bangor was chartered as a city in 1834.

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