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The New Student's Reference Work/Bath, Me.

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Bath, Me., the capital of Sagadahoc County, southern Maine, on the west bank of the Kennebec River, twelve miles from the Atlantic, and about equidistant from Portland to the southeastward and from Augusta to the north of the city. It has a large commerce, chiefly in lumber, in machines, boilers and iron and brass work, as well as a large industry in ship-building, including battle-ships and steel steamers. It has steamboat communication with Boston and Portland. It possesses some excellent schools. Population, 9,396.