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A fort was built here in 1719 as a defense against Native American attacks, which was abandoned after the construction of forts further up the Kennebec River. Richmond was incorporated as part of Bowdoinham in 1762, and separated from that town in 1823. During the 19th century, it was a major local shipbuilding center, producing more than 200 ...
Bath, its commercial center located downriver a few miles, was economically more important, and in the 1870s a steam ferry began operating there, reducing the importance of Days Ferry. [2] The Days Ferry village is centered at the junction of River Road (Maine State Route 128) and the Old Stage Road. There is a cluster of residences near this ...
The river drains 5,869 square miles (15,200 km 2), and on average discharges 5.893 billion US gallons (22,310,000 m 3) per day into Merrymeeting Bay at a rate of 9,111 cubic feet per second (258.0 m 3 /s). The United States government maintains three river flow gauges on the Kennebec river.
Along the Kennebec River, through Wayman and Flagstaff lakes along the Dead River and Chain of Ponds to Quebec, Canada 44°40′49″N 69°59′18″W / 44.680278°N 69.988333°W / 44.680278; -69.988333 ( Arnold Trail to
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 57.7 square miles (149.5 km 2), of which 56.7 square miles (147.0 km 2) is land and 2.0 square mile (2.6 km 2) (1.74%) is water. The Raquette River flows eastward through the northern part of the town. New York State Route 56 is a north
The Sagadahoc Bridge is a four-lane concrete segmental box girder bridge between the City of Bath and the town of Woolwich, Maine, carrying U.S. Route 1 (US 1) over the Kennebec River. It was completed in 2000 to replace the two-lane road portion of the adjoining 1927 Carlton Bridge , which remains in use as a rail bridge.
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. The Maine Kennebec Bridge is significantly taller than the old bridge, and was designed for at least 75 feet (23 meters) of clearance during high tide, allowing boats to pass ...
The city of Bath, located north (upriver) from this point, had been a major shipbuilding port for much of the 19th century, and the river was a major transportation artery all the way to Augusta. In 1892 the river below Bath was identified by the United States Lighthouse Board as needing improved navigational aids , and a series of improvements ...