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1876 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad map from . This map is available from the United States Library of Congress 's Geography & Map Division under the digital ID g3701p.rr003390 .
The same group had successfully teamed up a couple of years earlier on the Belvedere Hotel, an eleven-story Beaux-Arts building, about one mile up N. Charles Street in the Mount Vernon area of downtown Baltimore. "The 13-story office building, built in 1906, served as headquarters for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad for 75 years.
Baltimore was originally called New Market, and under the latter name was laid out in 1824. [5] A post office called Baltimore has been in operation since 1829. [6] Baltimore became a qualified Tree City USA as recognized by the National Arbor Day Foundation in 2011. [7]
Share of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-Road Company, issued 26. July 1856; signed by Johns Hopkins as president pro. tem. Partial government ownership caused some operational problems. Of the thirty members on its board of directors, twelve were elected by shareholders, while eighteen were appointed either by Maryland or the Baltimore City ...
The Baltimore and Ohio Related Industries Historic District comprises a portion of Martinsburg, West Virginia to either side of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line as it runs through the city. The district includes the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Martinsburg Shops , a National Historic Landmark , and a variety of industrial and commercial ...
The inaugural horse-drawn B&O train traveled the 13 miles (21 km) of the newly completed track from Mount Clare to Ellicott Mills (now Ellicott City, Maryland), on May 22, 1830, the first regular railroad passenger service in the U.S. [6] The existing Mount Clare station brick structure was constructed in 1851. [6]
Gleason will sign “100 Things to Do in Ohio Before You Die” from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at End of the Commons General Store, 8719 State Route 534, Mesopotamia, and from 3 to 5 p.m ...
[4]: 41 On April 26, 1958, the B&O discontinued all passenger service between Jersey City and Baltimore, Maryland, and thereafter the eastern terminus of the Columbian was Baltimore. [2] At the same time the Columbian and Capitol Limited began joint operation between Washington and Baltimore. On October 26, 1958, this joint operation extended ...