The New Student's Reference Work/Bangor

Ban′gor, a city and port in the state of Maine, on the Penobscot River, about sixty miles from its mouth. The harbor is accessible during the open season to all except the very largest shipping vessels. Bangor is one of the largest lumber stations in the world. About 200,000,000 feet are yearly shipped during the season of eight months. The city has some shipbuilding, several sawmills, furniture factories, foundries, etc. When under the English government it was called Kenduskeag. Its present name was derived from the well-known tune of that name. Population, 24,803.