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<p> 1, the largest city and principal seaport of Maine, stands on a peninsula in Casco Bay, 108 in. NE. of [[Boston]] by rail. It has extensive wharfs, dry-docks, and grain-elevators, engineer shops, shoe-factories, and sugar-refineries. Settled as an English colony in 1632, it was ravaged by fire in 1866. Longfellow was born here. 2, largest city in Oregon, on the Willamette River, nearly 800 m. N. of San Francisco; is a handsome city, with numerous churches and schools; there are iron-foundries, mechanics' shops, canneries, and flour-mills; railway communication connects it with St. Paul and [[Council]] Bluffs, and the river being navigable for deep-sea steamers, it is a thriving port of entry. </p> | <p> 1, the largest city and principal seaport of Maine, stands on a peninsula in Casco Bay, 108 in. NE. of [[Boston]] by rail. It has extensive wharfs, dry-docks, and grain-elevators, engineer shops, shoe-factories, and sugar-refineries. [[Settled]] as an English colony in 1632, it was ravaged by fire in 1866. Longfellow was born here. 2, largest city in Oregon, on the Willamette River, nearly 800 m. N. of San Francisco; is a handsome city, with numerous churches and schools; there are iron-foundries, mechanics' shops, canneries, and flour-mills; railway communication connects it with St. Paul and [[Council]] Bluffs, and the river being navigable for deep-sea steamers, it is a thriving port of entry. </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:05, 12 October 2021
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [1]
1, the largest city and principal seaport of Maine, stands on a peninsula in Casco Bay, 108 in. NE. of Boston by rail. It has extensive wharfs, dry-docks, and grain-elevators, engineer shops, shoe-factories, and sugar-refineries. Settled as an English colony in 1632, it was ravaged by fire in 1866. Longfellow was born here. 2, largest city in Oregon, on the Willamette River, nearly 800 m. N. of San Francisco; is a handsome city, with numerous churches and schools; there are iron-foundries, mechanics' shops, canneries, and flour-mills; railway communication connects it with St. Paul and Council Bluffs, and the river being navigable for deep-sea steamers, it is a thriving port of entry.
