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Lebbeus Bailey (May 12, 1763 – December 6, 1827) was an American clockmaker, prominent in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. After setting up his first business in Massachusetts , he came to prominence after moving to North Yarmouth in today's Maine , where he made clocks, sleigh bells and jewelry.
East Main Street, part of Maine State Route 88, crosses the East Main Street Bridge at the First Falls and has been a route to the northeastern part of Yarmouth (and into Freeport) since the founding of the town. Henry Bailey Hitchcock lived at 30 East Main Street, built in 1870. 35 East Main Street was built in 1848.
Yarmouth's marina in 2022, looking south. Also known as Falls Village or The Falls, Lower Falls (named for the nearby First Falls) was the location of several mills from the 17th century onward, while—on the southern side of today's East Main Street Bridge—was Yarmouth's harbor, where many hundreds of ships were built and launched in the century between 1790 and 1890.
Yarmouth is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States, twelve miles north of the state's largest city, Portland. When originally settled in 1636, as North Yarmouth , it was part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony , and remained part of its subsequent incarnations for 213 years.
The history of Yarmouth, Maine, is closely tied to its position on the banks of the Royal River and its proximity to Casco Bay, an inlet of the Gulf of Maine, itself a gulf of the Atlantic Ocean. Native Americans originally settled the area, and several wars between them and later European settlers occurred before they were driven from the area ...
Main Street is a historic street in Yarmouth, Maine, United States.It is part of the 18-mile-long (29 km) State Route 115 (SR 115), the eastern terminus of which is in Yarmouth at the intersection of Marina Road and Lafayette Street (), at Yarmouth Harbor in the town's Lower Falls neighborhood.
North Yarmouth, officially the Town of North Yarmouth, is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. North Yarmouth is included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England city and town area. The population was 4,072 at the 2020 United States Census. [2]
Harpswell is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States, within Casco Bay in the Gulf of Maine.The population was 5,031 at the 2020 census. [2] Harpswell is composed of land contiguous with the rest of Cumberland County, called Harpswell Neck, as well as three large islands connected by bridges: Sebascodegan Island (locally known as Great Island), Orr's Island, and Bailey Island and ...