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Incorporated in 1827, the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B & O) was one of America's first railroads, and Maryland was its heart and soul. The B & O's creation was a tangible symbol of the Industrial Revolution, representing commerce and progress to towns along its route. Its headquarters and operations, centered in Baltimore, provided years of economic growth for the port city. This book contains images of well-known stations in Maryland, including Ellicott...
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Maritime Museum & Park
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2023
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English
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This pass is good for up to four (4) addmissions to the Annapolis Maritime museum & Park during regular public hours. The Annapolis Maritime Museum & Park (AMM) has interactive exhibits about the history of the Chesapeake Bay, including industries, local heritage, and environmental changes.
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"Johns Hopkins destroyed his private papers so thoroughly that no credible biography exists of the Baltimore Quaker titan. One of America's richest men and the largest single shareholder of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Hopkins was also one of the city's defining developers. In The Ghosts of Johns Hopkins, Antero Pietila weaves together a biography of the man with a portrait of how the institutions he founded have shaped the racial legacy of an industrial...
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Johns Hopkins University Press
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On Weems Creek in Annapolis, a grandmother operates one of Maryland's last swing bridges from her office tucked under the span. In his Baltimore workshop, a member of the Boulmetis family keeps the tradition of hat making alive in a city that once was among the hat-making capitals of America. Corny and Wilbur Messick of Bivalve will likely be the last of their family to make the graceful wooden tongs that watermen use to harvest oysters.
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Social and industrial history volume no. 3-4
Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science volume ser. 22, no. 3-4
Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science volume ser. 22, no. 3-4
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Willow Bend Books
Pub. Date
2002
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English
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