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==History== Originally known as '''Saccarappa''' after Saccarappa Falls on the [[Presumpscot River]], it was a part of Falmouth until February 14, 1814, when it was set off and incorporated as Stroudwater. It soon changed its name to Westbrook after [[Colonel Thomas Westbrook]], a commander during [[Father Rale's War]] and King's mast agent who was an early settler and mill operator.<ref name=Varney>{{Cite web |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=bLc-AAAAYAAJ |title=Westbrook|work= A Gazetteer of the State of Maine |first= George| last= Varney| publisher=B. B. Russell|location= Boston, Massachusetts|year= 1886 |page= 582|access-date=August 22, 2010}}</ref> In 1871, the town of Westbrook amicably split into two municipalities; the current Westbrook and [[Deering, Maine|Deering]], which was then annexed by Portland in 1898.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Barry|first1=William David|last2=Anderson|first2=Patricia McGraw|editor=Susan L. Ransom|others=Margaret W. Soule|title=Deering: A Social and Architectural History|year=2010|publisher=[[Greater Portland Landmarks]]|location=Portland, Maine|isbn=978-0-939761-14-2}}</ref> In 1891, Westbrook was incorporated as a city.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Westbrook |url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mewestbr/ |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=The US GenWeb Project}}</ref> Saccarappa Falls and Congin Falls provided [[water power]] for early [[watermill|mills]] within the city. In 1829, a [[sawmill]] was built at the former which made the [[mill town]] noted for its [[lumber]]. Other industries followed, manufacturing grain bags, machinery and [[water wheel]]s, [[carriage]] and [[horse harness|harness]], [[boot]]s, [[shoemaking|shoes]] and [[moccasin]]s, [[tinware]], leather board, [[brickmaking|bricks]], wooden boxes, box shook, meal and flour. The Portland Manufacturing Company built a cotton textile mill at Saccarappa Falls for making "sheetings, stripes and ducks." A [[paper mill]] was built at Cumberland Mills, once an [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Indian]] planting ground known as Ammoncongin. By 1859, it produced 1,000 tons of paper annually. In 1867, the factory's name would change to the [[S. D. Warren Paper Mill]].<ref name=Coolidge>{{Cite book | last = Coolidge | first = Austin J.|author2=John B. Mansfield | title = A History and Description of New England| publisher = A.J. Coolidge | year = 1859| location = Boston, Massachusetts| page = [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_OcoMAAAAYAAJ/page/n391 353]| url = https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_OcoMAAAAYAAJ| quote = A History and Description of New England Coolidge Mansfield. }}</ref> The [[Cumberland and Oxford Canal]] opened in 1832, connecting Portland to [[Harrison, Maine|Harrison]] by way of Westbrook and [[Sebago Lake]]. It was the primary commercial shipping route for goods until 1871, when it was rendered obsolete by the [[Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad]].<ref name="Varney"/> Remnants of the [[canal]] can still be seen throughout the city, including Beaver Pond, along Stroudwater Street near the [[Maine Turnpike]] overpass, and in the woods between [[Westbrook High School (Maine)|Westbrook High School]] and Oxford-Cumberland Canal Elementary School. In 1885, the city opened [[Woodlawn Cemetery (Westbrook, Maine)|Woodlawn Cemetery]], the largest cemetery and newest burial grounds in the municipality.
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