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Belfast (City port of entry)

city, port of entry, and county-seat of Waldo co., Me.; at the head of Penobscot Bay, and on the Maine Central railroad; 30 miles from the ocean, and 132 miles N. E. of Portland. It has a fine harbor, a large domestic trade, and important manufactures. The most notable industry is shipbuilding, which was begun here in 1793. There are also a number of other industrial establishments. Belfast was settled in 1770; was invested by the British in 1815, and was given a city charter in 1853. Pop. (1910) 4,618; (1920) 5,083.