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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 513 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BATH , a See also:

city, See also:port of entry, and the See also:county-seat of Sagadahoc county, See also:Maine, U.S.A., on the W. See also:bank of the Kennebec See also:river, 12 m. from its mouth and 36 m. N.E. of See also:Portland. Pop. (1890) 8723; (1900) 10,477, of whom 1759 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910, censu) 9396. It is served by the Maine Central railway, by steamboat lines to See also:Boston, and by inter-See also:urban electric railway. The city covers an See also:area of about 9 sq. m., and extends along the W. bank of the river for about 5 m.; the business See also:district is only a few feet above See also:sea-level, but most of the residences are on higher ground. The streets are well shaded, chiefly with elms. At Bath are the See also:state military and See also:naval See also:orphan See also:asylum, two homes for the aged, and a soldiers' See also:monument. Bath has a See also:good See also:harbour and its See also:principal See also:industry is the See also:building of See also:ships, both of See also:wood and of See also:iron and See also:steel; several vessels of the See also:United State: See also:navy See also:Corporation. have been built here. In 1905 three-fourths of the city's wage-earners were employed in this industry. Bath also manufactures See also:lumber, iron and See also:brass goods, and has a considerable See also:trade in See also:ice, See also:coal, lumber and iron and steel.

First settled about 1660, Bath was a See also:

part of See also:Georgetown until 1781, when it was incorporated as a See also:separate See also:town; in 1789 it was made a port of entry, and in 1847 was chartered as a city. BATH-See also:CHAIR, a vehicle with a folding See also:hood, which can be used open or closed, and a See also:glass front, mounted on three or four wheels and See also:drawn or pushed by See also:hand: If required to be drawn by a donkey or small See also:pony it is then mounted on four wheels, with the usual turning arrangement. See also:James See also:Heath, .of Bath, who flourished rather before the See also:middle of the 18th See also:century, was the inventor.

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