The Great Port of Baltimore - page 6

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History of the Port
Looking beyond the water’s edge.
Sotte Weed
Maryland is founded on a taste for tobacco.
Planter Kings
Wealthy tobacco merchants rule Colonial Maryland.
Shipyard Snapshots
Baltimore always built —
and broke — ships with the best of them.
River of Commerce
The Patapsco River Valley,
Maryland’s first industrial heartland.
Prime the Pump
Baltimore’s adolescence.
Patriotism Proves Profitable
Triggering the tipping point.
Multiplier Effect
The economic calculus of maritime commerce.
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Baltimore, Inc
Baltimore expands block by block and pier by pier.
Captains of Industry
What Baltimore’s better-known
benefactors have in common.
Baltimore Clippers
The nimble fleet of schooners
terrorize the mighty British navy.
Bigger & Better
The Industrial Revolution transforms the world of
maritime commerce.
Changing of the Guard
America’s richest man passes
the torch to the railroad baron.
The Good Word
Baltimore doubles its population, workforce, housing
stock and street mileage.
Shipyard Saga
America’s first black-operated shipyard.
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