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Kent Island is the largest island in the Chesapeake Bay and a historic place in Maryland.To the east, a narrow channel known as the Kent Narrows barely separates the island from the Delmarva Peninsula, and on the other side, the island is separated from Sandy Point, an area near Annapolis, by roughly four miles (6.4 km) of water.
The A.E. Phillips packing plant processed seafood from many of the watermen in the region. In 1956, after a surplus season of crabs, son Brice Phillips and wife Shirley opened the first “crab shack” in Ocean City, Maryland. Brice and Shirley began building a new dining room each year at Phillips Crab House until it finally seated 1400 people.
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The 20th-century buildings consist of a frame poultry house, a dairy barn with milk house and two silos, and an octagonal chicken coop. A lime kiln is located on the edge of the property. [2] The property is preserved as part of the Walkersville Heritage Farm Park. The Harris Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994 ...
Several bridges, both part of roads and the Queen Anne's Railroad, have crossed the Kent Narrows in the past.Currently, two road bridges cross the Kent Narrows. The R. Clayton Mitchell Jr. Bridge, [2] formerly known as the Kent Narrows Bridge, is part of US 50/US 301 and was built during the early 1990s as part of upgrades to US 50/US 301 on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
The Crab Claw is an independently owned restaurant located in St. Michaels, Maryland. Initially a clam-shucking business in the 1950s, the establishment expanded to include a seafood eatery in 1965. [1] The restaurant, a casual dining establishment, is located on the Miles River. [1] They serve beer, including their own Crab Claw Ale. [2]
Today, a sign at the site announces, “Future Site, Harris Teeter.” Matthews, N.C.-based Harris Teeter, now a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Kroger Co., was co-founded in 1960 by North Carolina ...
Kent Narrows is located at [ 3 ] According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 2.6 square miles (6.7 km 2 ), of which 1.0 square mile (2.6 km 2 ) is land and 1.6 square miles (4.1 km 2 ) (62.16%) is water.