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In 1729–1730, Baltimore was established by Act of Assembly to the northwest at "The Basin" of the Northwest Branch of the Patapsco. This area was later known as the Inner Harbor. In 1776, local citizenry erected earthworks for port defense during the American Revolutionary War known as Fort Whetstone.
The Inner Harbor is a historic seaport, tourist attraction, and landmark in Baltimore, Maryland. It was described by the Urban Land Institute in 2009 as "the model for post-industrial waterfront redevelopment around the world". [2] The Inner Harbor is located at the mouth of Jones Falls, creating the wide and short northwest branch of the ...
The Inner Harbor viewed from the Baltimore Aquarium Liberty Reservoir Volunteers at a community cleanup of Herbert Run, a tributary of the Patapsco River running through Arbutus, Maryland. The Patapsco River (/ p ə ˈ t æ p ˌ s k oʊ / pə-TAP-skoh ⓘ) mainstem is a 39-mile (63 km) [1] river in central Maryland that flows into the ...
Federal Hill Park is a 10.3 acres park located in Baltimore, Maryland, on the south shore of the Inner Harbor.The park is a signature Baltimore landmark and offers visitors some of the most noted views in the city often photographed looking north to the downtown skyline of skyscrapers across the Inner Harbor (formerly known as "The Basin") of the Northwest Branch of the Patapsco River ...
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Location: originally at the mouth of the Patapsco River in the Chesapeake Bay; relocated to the Inner Harbor in Baltimore, Maryland: Coordinates (current) (original): Tower; Constructed: 1856 : Foundation: screw-pile: Construction: wrought-iron (originally cast-iron): Automated: 1949: Height: 40 ft (12 m): Shape: cylindrical house: Heritage: National Register of Historic Places listed place ...
The neighborhood occupies the northwestern part of a peninsula that extends along two branches of the Patapsco River—the Northwest Branch (ending at the Inner Harbor) and the Middle Branch. This peninsula is generally referred to as the South Baltimore Peninsula, and includes the neighborhoods of Federal Hill, Locust Point , Riverside, South ...
Fort McHenry was built on the site of the former Fort Whetstone, which was used to defend Baltimore from 1776 to 1797. Fort Whetstone stood on Whetstone Point in the residential and industrial area of present-day Locust Point in Baltimore, which juts into the opening of Baltimore Harbor between the basin at the present-day Inner Harbor and Northwest branch on the north side and the Middle and ...