Augusta
Augusta names 4 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Augusta city, capital of the State of Maine
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
city, capital of the State of Maine, and county-seat of Kennebec co.; on the Kennebec river, and the Maine Central railroad; 63 miles N. E. of Portland. The city is built on both sides of the river on a series of terraces, the principal part being on the W. bank. It was first permanently settled by traders from Massachusetts in 1754; was incorporated under the name of Hallowell, in 1771; was reduced by the setting off of Hallowell in 1797; became the capital of the State in 1831; and received a city charter in 1849. In the State House is the State library, a notable collection of portraits of American statesmen, and, in the rotunda, an impressive array of the Civil War battle flags of the Maine Volunteers. In the principal park is a Soldiers' and Sailors' monument. On the E. side of the river are the State Asylum for the Insane, and United States arsenal. Four miles from Augusta is a National Soldiers' The principal manufactures, Home. which are promoted by an abundant water power, are cotton goods, paper, wood pulp, and lumber. The city is lighted by electricity, and has electric street railways, several National banks, high school, Lithgow Public Library, a number of weekly periodicals, etc. Pop. (1910) 13,211; (1920) 14,114.
Augusta city, and county-seat of Richmond co.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
city, and county-seat of Richmond co., Ga.; on the Savannah river, and N. W. of Savannah. The site is about numerous railroads; 120 miles 700 feet above sea-level, and the city has an even temperature and a dry, invigorating atmosphere. The city is laid out with broad streets which intersect at right angles, and many of them are beautifully shaded with trees. The city hall is in a park which also contains a granite monument in memory of the Georgia signers of the Declaration of Independence, and an imposing monument to the Confederate dead of the State has been erected on Broad street, the principal thoroughfare of the city. The city has several parks, and a United States arse nal, and in the suburbs are Summerville, a noted health resort, the principal cemetery, and attractive fair grounds. Augusta has a large trade in cotton, lumber, fruit and vegetables, but its main importance is in its manufacturing enterprises. The principal industrial plants are cotton mills. The city is the seat of the Medical College of Georgia, and has an orphan asylum, public hospitals, the Louise King Home, a juvenile reformatory, several National and State banks, and several daily and weekly periodicals. Pop. (1910) 41,040; (1920) 52,548.
Augusta or AGOSTO, a fortified city of Sicily
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
or AGOSTO, a fortified city of Sicily, 11 miles N. of Syracuse by rail. It stands on a rocky islet joined by a bridge to a peninsula projecting into the Mediterranean, and is near the site of the Megara Hyblæa of the ancients. The port is spacious, but of rather difficult access. Salt, oil, wine, cheese, fruit, honey, grain, and sardines are exported. Pop. about 16,000. Near it was fought in 1676 a great naval battle between the French under Duquesne, and a Spanish and Dutch fleet under the famous Admiral De Ruyter. The latter was defeated, and received a wound of which he died at Syracuse.
Augusta a title first given to his wife Livia
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a title first given to his wife Livia, after the death of Augustus, according to the will of the emperor. It was afterward conferred by Claudius on Agrippina (A. D. 51), and by Nero on his wife Poppæa, as well as her daughter (A. D. 64). Eventually it became a common title of the mother, wife, sister, or daughter of an emperor.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's 1921 Augusta, Maine was a mill town of 14,114 living on "cotton goods, paper, wood pulp, and lumber"; the textile and pulp trade has largely gone, the city has grown only to roughly 19,000, and in 1999 the Edwards Dam on the Kennebec was breached — the first dam ordered removed by federal regulators for environmental reasons — restoring migratory fish runs past the State House. The State Asylum for the Insane on the east bank closed in 2004, its work passing to the Riverview Psychiatric Center. Augusta, Georgia, then 52,548 and dominated by cotton mills, is now a city of some 200,000 after merging with Richmond County in 1996, known worldwide for the Masters Tournament played at Augusta National since 1934, and for the Medical College of Georgia, now part of Augusta University. Augusta in Sicily, described as a fortified port exporting "salt, oil, wine, cheese, fruit, honey, grain, and sardines," was heavily bombed in the Second World War and since the 1950s has been ringed by one of Italy's largest oil and petrochemical complexes; only the last entry, on the Roman honorific first borne by Livia, stands exactly as written.
Written for this edition, 2026.