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Baltimore’s Waterfront Industries on a 1917 Map

A map of Baltimore’s waterfront industries appeared in the Democratic Advocate on October 5, 1917.

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The Democratic advocate., October 05, 1917, Maryland Industrial Progress
The Democratic advocate., October 05, 1917, Maryland Industrial Progress. Source: Library of Congress.

Check out this fascinating old map of Baltimore’s waterfront industries from almost 100 years ago. Click on it for more details.

For a later photograph of the harbor shoreline, see the discarded tires along the Middle Branch in January 1973.

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