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born ; (1910) 6116. It is served by the Washington County railway (102.5 M. to Washington Junction, where it connects with the Maine Central railway), and by steamboat lines to See also:

Boston, See also:

Portland and Saint Johns. In the city limits are the See also:

POST

post-offices of Calais, Milltown and Red See also:

BEACH

Beach. The city has a small public library. The valley here is wide and deep, the See also:

banks of the river bold and picturesque, and the See also:

TIDE (O. Eng. lid, cf. Ger. Zeit, time or season, connected with root of Sanskrit a-diti, endless)

tide rises and falls about 25 ft. The city has important interests in See also:

LUMBER

lumber, besides foundries, See also:

machine shops, See also:

GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

granite works—there are several granite (notably red granite) quarries in the vicinity—a tannery, and manufactories of shoes and calcined See also:

PLASTER

plaster. Big See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island, now in the city of Calais, was visited in the See also:

winter of 1604–1605 by See also:

PIERRE

Pierre du Guast, sieur de Monts. Calais was first settled in 1779, was incorporated as a See also:

TOWN

town in 1809, and was chartered as a city in 1851.

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