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Cumberland was a key road, railroad and canal junction during the 19th century and at one time the second largest city in Maryland (second to the port city of Baltimore—hence its nickname "The Queen City"). The surrounding hillsides provided coal, iron ore, and timber that helped supply the Industrial Revolution.
Coordinates: 39.649393°N 78.763411°W. Western Maryland Railway station, built in 1913, now part of Canal Place. Cumberland basin (looking at Guard lock #8) at the end of the C & O Canal. Cumberland basin at Canal Place, looking towards Georgetown (184.5 miles down the canal). Canal Place is a 58.1-acre (235,000 m 2) heritage area located in ...
Wills Mountain State Park. Wills Mountain State Park is an undeveloped public recreation area on Wills Mountain overlooking the Cumberland Narrows in Allegany County, Maryland. The state park occupies 470 acres (190 ha) on the northwest edge of the City of Cumberland. It is under the control of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.
December 28, 2005. The Decatur Heights Historic District is a national historic district in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland. It is a mixed-use district of 77 acres (310,000 m 2) located on the northeast side of Cumberland. It contains a total of 377 residential / commercial / industrial historic resources, including five properties ...
Cumberland is a city in and the county seat of Allegany County, Maryland, United States.At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 19,075. [4] Located on the Potomac River, Cumberland is a regional business and commercial center for Western Maryland and the Potomac Highlands of West Virginia.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Act[25]established the canal as a National Historical Parkand President Richard Nixonsigned it into law on January 8, 1971. [24][26] Floods of 1996. [edit] Before summer flooding (top) and after (bottom) in 1996. 1996 saw two floods.
Greenway Avenue Stadium, located in Cumberland, Maryland serves as the primary athletics stadium for Allegany County, Maryland, United States. Originally named Fort Hill Stadium it was constructed in the 1930s by the Public Works Administration as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. The field first opened for play in the fall of ...
The Western Maryland Scenic Railroad (WMSR) is a heritage railroad based in Cumberland, Maryland, that operates passenger excursion trains and occasional freight trains using both steam and diesel locomotives over ex- Western Maryland Railway (WM) tracks between Cumberland and Frostburg. The railroad offers coach and first class service, murder ...