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Maine, United States
Also known as: Lewiston Falls
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Lewiston, city, Androscoggin county, southwestern Maine, U.S., on the Androscoggin River opposite Auburn, 34 miles (55 km) north-northeast of Portland. Lewiston is the second most populous city in the state. In 1770 Paul Hildreth of Dracut, Massachusetts, settled the site, then called Lewistown. The name, according to a local history, was a tribute to a merchant from Boston named Job Lewis. Textile operations began in 1819 and expanded with the formation of the Androscoggin Falls,...

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