GARDINER  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of Kennebec See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

• MAINE
• MAINE, ANNE LOUISE BENEDICTE DE BOURBON
• MAINE, SIR HENRY JAMES SUMNER (1822–1888)

Maine, U.S.A., at the confluence of Cobbosseecontee See also:

• RIVER

river with the Kennebec, 6 m. below See also:

• AUGUSTA

Augusta . Pop . (1890) 5491; (1900) 5501 (537 See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born); (1910) 5311 . It is served by the Maine Central railway . The site of the city is only a few feet above See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-level, and the Kennebec is navigable for large vessels to this point; the See also:

• WATER

water of the Cobbosseecontee, falling about 130 ft. in a mile, furnishes the city with See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power for its manufactures (chiefly See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper, See also:

• MACHINE
• MACHINE (through Fr. from Lat. form machina of Gr. µnxavil)

machine-See also:

• SHOP

shop products, and shoes) . The city exports considerable quantities of See also:

• LUMBER

lumber and See also:

• ICE (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Eis)

ice . Gardiner was founded in 176o by Dr See also:

• SYLVESTER, JAMES
• SYLVESTER, JOSHUA (1563–1618)

Sylvester Gardiner (1707–1786), and for a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time the See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement was called Gardinerston; in 1779, when it was incorporated as a See also:

• TOWN

town, the founder being then a Tory, it was renamed See also:

• PITTSTON

Pittston . But in 1803, when that See also:

• PART

part of Pittston which See also:

• LAY

lay on the W. See also:

• BANK

bank of the Kennebec was incorporated as a See also:

• SEPARATE

separate town and new See also:

• LIFE

life was given to it by the See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson of the founder, the See also:

• PRESENT

present name was adopted . Gardiner was chartered as a city in 1849 . The town of Pittston, on the E. bank of the Kennebec, had a See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population of 1177 in 1900 .