WATERVILLE, a city of Maine, U.S.A. Pop. (1Q20) 13,351 (22% foreign-born white) ; 1930 Federal census Water-power from the Ticonic falls, and more recently an ample supply of hydro-electric current, have made Waterville an im portant manufacturing centre. It has large cotton and worsted mills and other plants, with products in 1927 valued at $12,156, 743. In Winslow, directly opposite, is one of the largest pulp and paper mills of New England. The city is the seat of Colby college,
founded in 1813 as the Maine Literary and Theological Institu tion. The Belgrade lakes are i o m. W. of the city and some of the best fishing-grounds in the State are in the vicinity. Settlement here began about the middle of the 18th century. Waterville was set off from Winslow and incorporated as a town in 1802. In 1883 it was incorporated as a city, adopting a city charter in 1888.