Port Covington Yards, Maryland, 1913 – Antique Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Port Covington Yards, Maryland, 1913, preserved in this historic image. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Port Covington Yards, Western Maryland Rail Road
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Port Covington Yards, Maryland, 1913
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Port Covington, on the south shore of Baltimore's harbor, was a working railroad and shipping district in 1913, when the city had about 558,000 residents. The Western Maryland Railway used its waterfront there to move coal and freight from the interior to ships bound for Atlantic ports, and the yards and piers depended on that steady traffic. Baltimore was still rebuilding its downtown after the Great Fire of 1904, and the harbor and rail lines were central to the city's economy. Workers on the docks, in the switching yards, and in the nearby factories made up much of the district's daily life, and the rails that crossed it tied the port to the coalfields and farms of the Maryland and Pennsylvania interior.
| Created / published | 1913 |
|---|---|
| Creator | mueller, frederick w. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Maryland |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,036 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Port Covington Yards, Western Maryland Rail Road |
| Reference | MD Port Covington Yards 1913 |
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