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Show hltn the right to Kettle and develop the territory from flea to tea lying between be-tween the fortieth and forty-eighth, parallels north latitude. The grant, however, required htm to develop water power, and aceord-t aceord-t Ingly he const met ed a log dam. erect-I erect-I ed a grist mill and aent the meal to England as proof that the terms of the contract were being respected. I The water power site has been In con-; con-; tlnuous use ever since and hns lately come Into public notice when the property changed hands. I Old Water Power Site The first water power on this continent. con-tinent. It Is said, was built on the risciilaiiitiu river at South Herwlck. j Maine, mi the site of the preseni P.tir- lelgh blanket mills. It was In HK.il j that Ferillnamlo Gorges obtained a rent from the Kngllsh crown giving |