Our tradition ranges from Hiram S. Maxim, inventor of the first fully automatic machine gun, who was born in 1840 in Sangerville, Maine, to the renowned Bath Iron Works, which produces the world's most advanced surface warships.

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In 1916, Sir Hiram Maxim, American-born British inventor best known for the machine gun that bears his name, died.

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