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Auburn (City and county-seat)

city and county-seat of Androscoggin co., Me.; on the Androscoggin river and the Maine Central and Grand Trunk railroads, 30 miles S. W. of Augusta. The river, which separates Auburn from the city of Lewiston, has a fall of 60 feet near the cities, giving them excellent power for manufacturing. Auburn is principally engaged in the manufacture of shoes, though it is doing considerable in the lines of cotton goods, furniture, and tanned leather. It is lighted by electricity, and has 1 Na- AUBURN tional bank, a high school, and public library. Pop. (1910) 15,064; (1920) 16,985.