ROCKLAND, Me. city and county-seat of K*ols C94,inty; set off Me.Thomaston in 1848 and incorporated a city in 1854. On a harbor which is an easterly extension of Penobscot Bay at its mouth; is very commodious and easily accessible; is protected by a breakwater costing $500,000 and two lighthouses. Rockland is connected with Maine Central Railroad sys tem; 86 miles by rail from Portland; has steam boat connection with Boston, Bangor, Portland, etc. It has a complete electric railway system with 21 miles of track extending northward to Rockport and Camden, and westward to Thom aston and Warren and other electric railways. The region thus connected accommodates many summer tourists. Shipbuilding is an important industry. The Red Jacket, a clipper ship built at Rockland in 1853, is said to have made the passage across the Atlantic Ocean in a shorter time than it was ever made by any other sail ing vessel. There are considerable deposits of lime and large lime and cement works have been established. The granite business is important.
Two of the largest granite companies of the country have quarries in the vicinity, on the islands and on the mainland. These companies have handled some of the largest stone that have ever been wrought. The United States custom house in Saint Louis, the post offices in New York and Cincinnati, and many of the largest and handsomest buildings in the coun try have been built of Rockland granite. Steam and gasoline engines and blacksmiths' and gran ite workers' tools are manufactured. Fishing is carried on to some extent. Clams and sar dines are canned, and more than 2,000,000 s of lobsters are shipped annually by rail. rounds are the United States cus tom house and post-office building, which is a handsome granite structure and cost about $150,000, and the county courthouse and jail, costing over $100,000. There is a fine soldiers' monument, a public library; banking facilities and newspapers. There are many handsome residences with fine grounds. Pop. 8,174.