At the time of the depression the president of United States Roosevelt did very good to help the people and keep the family healthy by having people working with WPA also to keep the young man off the streets by having civil concentration camp to help the families also.

At the time of the depression the president of United States Roosevelt did very good to help the people and keep the family healthy by having people working with WPA also to keep the young man off the streets by having civil concentration camp to help the families also.

Berlin, first settled in 1822 by William Sessions of Gilead, Maine, began as Maynesborough and was incorporated as the town of Berlin in 1829. The invention of the water turbine allowed early residents to harness the immense power of the Androscoggin River, which bisects the town. The arrival of the railroad in 1852 aided the transport of timber and later paper products, helping to give Berlin the nickname "the City that Trees Built." Incorporated as a city in 1897, what began as a small town grew until it was, for a time, the world's largest manufacturer of paper products.