Bath, Maine
Bath means “mouth of big river” in Abenaki Indian. Bath is a port of entry with a good harbor formed by the Kennebec River estuary. The city is popular with tourists, many drawn by its 19th-century architecture.
Bath is renowned for shipbuilding, which began here in 1743. Since then, roughly 5,000 vessels have been launched in the area, which at one time had more than 200 shipbuilding firms. Bath became the nation's fifth largest seaport by the mid-19th century, producing clipper ships that sailed to ports around the world. The Bath Iron Works, founded in 1884, has built hundreds of wooden and steel vessels, mostly warships for the U.S. Navy. During World War II, Bath Iron Works launched a new ship an average of every 17 days.
Scenes from the movies Message in a Bottle (1999) and The Man Without a Face (1993) were filmed in the city.
Bath, Maine
Bath means “mouth of big river” in Abenaki Indian. Bath is a port of entry with a good harbor formed by the Kennebec River estuary. The city is popular with tourists, many drawn by its 19th-century architecture.
Bath is renowned for shipbuilding, which began here in 1743. Since then, roughly 5,000 vessels have been launched in the area, which at one time had more than 200 shipbuilding firms. Bath became the nation's fifth largest seaport by the mid-19th century, producing clipper ships that sailed to ports around the world. The Bath Iron Works, founded in 1884, has built hundreds of wooden and steel vessels, mostly warships for the U.S. Navy. During World War II, Bath Iron Works launched a new ship an average of every 17 days.
Scenes from the movies Message in a Bottle (1999) and The Man Without a Face (1993) were filmed in the city.