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Mechanic Falls is a town in Androscoggin County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,031 at the 2010 census. It is included in both the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan statistical area and the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England city and town area. ==History== It was originally part of Bakerstown Plantation, granted in 1765 by the Massachusetts General Court to Captain Thomas Baker and other soldiers for their services in the 1690 Battle of Quebec. In 1795, Bakerstown Plantation was incorporated as Poland, from which Minot would be set off in 1802. The dividing line between the towns was the Little Androscoggin River, astride which developed the village of Mechanic Falls. The Poland section of Mechanic Falls was settled in 1830, the Minot in 1836 by Dean Andrews, who was drawn by its fine soil for farming and water power for mills at the falls. Named for the mechanics operating early industrial works here, Mechanic Falls developed into a small mill town, especially after the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad arrived in the late 1840s. The railroad opened the village to business and trade on the direct line between Portland and Montreal. In 1850, the first paper mill was established. Organized in 1873, the Evans Rifle Manufacturing Company made repeating rifles, which were popular with frontiersmen such as Kit Carson and Buffalo Bill Cody. Other industries produced canned goods, bricks, novelties, confectionery, packed corn, carriages, tools, machines, steam engines and boilers.〔("Historical Sketch of Mechanic Falls, Maine" (1889) )〕 In 1872, John Witham Penney began manufacturing steam engines, machinery and foundry articles in Mechanic Falls.14 years later, in 1886, his two sons, A.R.and S.R. Penney became partners, formally establishing J.W. Penney and Sons which grew to become one of the greatest machine shops in Maine and was a great factor in the prosperity of Mechanic Falls.〔http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~meandrhs/0294.html〕 On March 22, 1893, Mechanic Falls was set off and incorporated. In 1981, Marcal Paper closed the latter of two paper mills in the town, which now has a more diversified economy and tax base. File:Mechanic Falls.jpg|Main Street in 1913 File:Maple Street, Mechanic Falls, ME.jpg|Maple Street in 1913 File:Elm Street Church.JPG|Elm Street Church in 1913 File:Pleasant Street, Mechanic Falls, ME 1922 postcard.jpg|Pleasant Street c. 1922 File:Grand Trunk Station.JPG|Grand Trunk Station in 1913 File:Grand Trunk Depot.JPG|Grand Trunk Depot in 1913 File:International Limited Grand Trunk train.jpg|Grand Trunk train in 1913 File:Mechanic Falls 2.JPG|View of Scott Paper Mill in 1913 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mechanic Falls, Maine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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