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Charm City: 1903
Circa 1903. "Baltimore from Federal Hill." A freight terminal (O'Donnell's Wharf) and the Patapsco flour mill. Detroit Publishing Co. glass negative. View full size.
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Below is the same perspective from July of 2014.
Train Ferry
They had a ferry for railroad cars. They move entire trains from one side of the harbor to the other. You can see parts of it at the "New York and Baltimore Transportation Lines."
A grim place.
Baltimore looked grim then, and is far worse now, from personal experience.
Fire!
Just one year before the Great Baltimore Fire destroyed much of what you're looking at. Amazing.
An Outing
The little two-masted sailing vessel to the left of the Northern Central warehouse seems to be filled - with people? An excursion, perhaps? Seems a funny place to be starting from, but the boat is too far from the dock to be anchored there.
Phoenix shot tower
The crenelated "smokestack" to the right of the power plant is the Phoenix Shot Tower, from 1828 until the 1880s the tallest structure in the USA. The neighborhood to the right of the picture is "Little Italy" (correct Bawlmer pronunciation: "LiddleIddlee") which is now among other things a concentration of restaurants.
Boy is it different today
You can still see power plant though the Northern Central Freight Stations building was replaced by something more modern.
The Arthur Andersen office used to be there and have a glass center wall that overlooked the Barnes & Noble.
Three Sheets
I love the waterfront photos on Shorpy! The three-master in the center is a beautiful boat, I would love to have seen her under sail!
Rusty Scupper, National Aquarium
Looks to be taken from roughly the location of the Rusty Scupper Restaurant on the south side of the Inner Harbor, near where the Key Highway bends around from west to south. The National Aquarium in Baltimore now occupies the space where Pier B's two buildings are, as well as the Northern Central Freight Station pier.
The Babe's old stomping grounds
This is where a young George Herman Ruth got into all that mischief which led him to St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys. There, he met a gentleman named Brother Mathias who taught him the game of baseball.
Baltimore Rocks
The powerplant across the Inner Harbor still exists, now as a venue for night clubs and sports bars, including the Hard Rock Cafe and an ESPN Zone. Of course, the harbor is no longer a working harbor.
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