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The Kennebec River (Abenaki: Kinəpékʷihtəkʷ) is a 170-mile-long (270 km) [1] river within the U.S. state of Maine. It rises in Moosehead Lake in west-central Maine . The East and West Outlets join at Indian Pond and the river flows southward.
The Gardiner Historic District encompasses the historic 19th-century commercial heart of the city of Gardiner, Maine.Once a leading port and industrial center on the Kennebec River, Gardiner's Water Street downtown area retains the feel of its late 19th-century commercial success.
Dresden is located on the eastern side of the Kennebec River. [5] Historic sites include an old, brick school building and the Pownalborough Courthouse, which is now used as a museum and is open to the public. The Pownalborough Courthouse was built in 1760 and was the first seat of government east of the Kennebec River.
The Dead River, sometimes called the West Branch, is a 42.6-mile-long (68.6 km) [1] river in central Maine in the United States. Its source is Flagstaff Lake , where its two main tributaries, South Branch Dead River and North Branch Dead River , join ( 45°09′41″N 70°25′55″W / 45.1615°N 70.4320°W / 45.1615; -70.4320 ...
The Days Ferry Historic District encompasses a rural village that grew around a ferry crossing on the Kennebec River in what is now Woolwich, Maine.The village and ferry were on the main stage route between Bath and Wiscasset until the 1870s, and retains a concentration of well-preserved 18th and early 19th-century houses.
The Sandy River is a 73.3-mile-long (118.0 km) [2] tributary of the Kennebec River in the U.S. state of Maine. The Sandy River originates in the Sandy River Ponds ( 44°53′37″N 70°32′26″W / 44.8937°N 70.5406°W / 44.8937; -70.5406 ( Sandy River source ) ) at an elevation of 1,700 feet (520 m) in Sandy River Plantation
The district is located near Solon, along the banks of the Kennebec River in the general vicinity of Caratunk Falls (now the site of a dam which impounds the Kennebec River Reservoir). The area has a relatively thin layer of archaeological deposits in a forested environment and was estimated in the 1980s to cover 16 acres (6.5 ha), although its ...
The Maine Kennebec Bridge is a bridge that crosses the Kennebec River between Richmond and Dresden, Maine. It was built in 2014 to replace the 84-year-old Richmond-Dresden Bridge , a swing bridge that had previously acted as the only method of crossing the river in that area.