WESTBROOK  , a

city of Cumberland county, Maine, U.S.A., on the Presumpscot river, 5 M . N.W. of Portland . Pop . (189o) 6632, (1900) 7283 (1693 foreign-born), (1910) 8281 . It is served by the Maine Central and the Boston & Maine railways . In Westbrook are the Walker Memorial Library (1894) and the Warren Library (1879) . The river provides water-power, and among the manufactures are paper, silks, cotton goods, &c . In 1814 Westbrook was separated from Falmouth and incorporated as a township under the name of Stroudwater, and in 1815 the present name was adopted in honour of Colonel Thomas West-brook, who had distinguished himself in wars with the Indians . In 1871 Deering, now a part of Portland, was taken from the township . A city charter was granted to Westbrook in 1889 and adopted in 1891 .