Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Coal Pier

Posted on October 24, 2013

This is a terrific old photo of the ol B & O coal pier in the Baltimore Harbor. There’s no date on this, but I’m guessing it’s somewhere around 1900.

B & O coal pier

B & O coal pier

Source: Library of Congress

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