Rockland

Rockland, (1) capital of Knox county, Maine, on the west side of Penobscot Bay, 88 miles by rail ENE. of Portland. The Boston and Bangor steamboats touch here. The city has granite quarries, and many lime-kilns; it ships a million casks of lime yearly, and the New York post-office and St Louis custom-house are among the structures built of its granite. Shipbuilding is carried on, and there are iron and brass foundries, &c. Pop. (1890) 8174.—(2) Rockland, Massachusetts, 19 miles by rail SSE. of Boston, contains large boot and shoe factories, and a pop. (1890) of 5206.