Berwick (Images of America) by Jessie Taylor PDF

By Jessie Taylor

First settled in 1631, Berwick is the ninth-oldest city in Maine. Its certain situation at the border of Maine and New Hampshire has served as essentially the most well known gateways among the 2 states for hundreds of years. Berwick used to be domestic to Gen. John Sullivan, an army officer within the innovative warfare, and James Sullivan, the 7th governor of Massachusetts. Berwick was once additionally the location of the country's first sawmill, powered by way of the Salmon Falls River. within the 1800s, sawmills gave technique to cotton generators, all which persevered to depend upon the river for his or her livelihood. In 1935, Berwick turned the headquarters of leading Tanning, which became the country's so much dominant leather-based tannery. at the present time, Berwick is transferring its concentration again to the river, now not as a method to aid manufacturing unit existence, yet really as a spot to assemble and have interaction in neighborhood actions. Berwick lines the background of a city that has conquer monetary worry and appears to persevered revitalization within the future.

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