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Publisher
Maryland Historical Trust Press
Language
English
Description
"In the late 1990s, to develop a long-term preservation plan, SHA began working with the Maryland Historical Trust to inventory and document all of Maryland's historic highway bridges that are at least fifty years old. This book is an outgrowth of that effort"--Preface.
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Series
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Description
Southern Maryland is made up of a collection of peninsulas covered in low rolling hills, fields, forests, swamps, and waterways leading to the Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay. As such, this area enjoyed relative isolation and small population for over three centuries despite its proximity to cities such as Alexandria, Annapolis, Baltimore, and Washington. Those who did settle here developed a close connection to its farms, waterways, and natural...
Author
Publisher
America Through Time
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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"Throughout Maryland, one finds abandoned curiosities in forests and meadows, as well as many hiding in plain sight in urban centers. This collection of Maryland abandonments includes more than a dozen stories. The Lonaconing Silk Mill is a preserved 1957 time capsule, while the National Park Seminary at Forest Glen seems plucked from Grimms' Fairy Tales. Once the lifeblood of a Baltimore neighborhood, the Old Town Mall resembles a set from The Walking...
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