Set along the tidal Kennebec River in central Maine, Gardiner is a city whose character has been shaped by the river’s working waterfront and the waterpower of nearby Cobbosseecontee Stream. Its compact downtown preserves nineteenth-century commercial architecture from the period when mills and trade supported the community. Johnson Hall, built in 1864 as an opera house, remains a prominent cultural landmark on Water Street. The Kennebec also places Gardiner on the route between Augusta upstream and the river’s lower reaches toward Merrymeeting Bay. Continue with other webcams from the area to see how this part of central Maine connects regionally.
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