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Major music venues in Maine include the University of Southern Maine, Corthell Hall, Gorham, Maine, Portland's Merrill Auditorium, State Theatre, One Longfellow Square, Port City Music Hall, Portland House of Music and Events, Stone Mountain Arts Center in Brownfield, North Atlantic Blues Festival in Rockland, The Chocolate Church Arts Center in Bath, Bar Harbor Music Festival, American Folk ...
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.
Located on the Kennebec River at the head of tide, it is the principal city in the Augusta-Waterville micropolitan statistical area and home to the University of Maine at Augusta. [9] Because of the city's position on the Kennebec, downtown Augusta is vulnerable to floods in spring. [10]
The Cushnoc Archeological Site, also known as Cushnoc (ME 021.02) or Koussinoc [3] or Coussinoc, is an archaeological site in Augusta, Maine that was the location of a 17th-century trading post operated by English colonists from Plymouth Colony in present-day Massachusetts. The trading post was built in 1628 and lies on the Kennebec River.
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 library holds various cultural events such as lectures, film series, and music. Cobbossee Lighthouse, only active inland waters lighthouse in Maine; Moses Bailey House; Mt. Pisgah, the highest point in Kennebec County, with a hiking trail leading to a historic fire lookout tower and (on a clear day), a view of Mount Washington in New Hampshire.
The Lockwood Mill Historic District encompasses the only major 19th-century mill complex in Waterville, Maine. Located south of the city's downtown, it was designed by (and named for) Amos D. Lockwood, a nationally known industrial designer of the period. Its #2 building was for 45 years home to the Hathaway Shirt Company.