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Bath (City port of entry)

city, port of entry, and countyseat of Sagadahoc co., Me., on the Kennebec river, and the Maine Central railroad; 12 miles from the ocean and 35 miles S. of Augusta. It is admirably situated as a commercial port; has regular steamboat connections with Boston and Augusta; is principally engaged in shipbuilding, both wood and iron; and has manufactories of brass and iron goods, oil cloth, shoes, and lumber. Bath has a large coastwise and foreign trade in ice, coal, lumber, hay, iron, and steel; and contains several National banks, public library, etc. Pop. (1910) 9,396; (1920) 14,731.