1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
AUBURN, a city and the county-seat of Androscoggin county, Maine, U.S.A., on the Androscoggin river, opposite Lewiston (with which it practically forms an industrial unit), in the S.W. part of the state. Pop. (1800) 11,250; (1900) 12,951, of whom 2076 were foreign-born; (1906, estimate) 13,971. It is served by the Grand Trunk and the Maine Central railways. The river furnishes abundant water-power, and the city ranked fourth in the state as a manufacturing centre in 1905. Boots and shoes are the principal products;…
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