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potash ship being unloaded when he was a child, giving a glimpse of those early years in stevedoring. Rukert Terminals continued to handle potash
and other bulk fertilizers for the next nine decades and counting.
As the waterfront business became more profitable, Cap decided to look for more space. In 1927 he was advised that Miller’s Wharf in Fells Point was available from McCormick & Company for a price of $135,000. The complex at Caroline
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and Thames streets included two wharves and two warehouses that were built in the 1870s, for the canning and shipping of oysters. Later coffee from Baltimore Clipper ships was also
discharged and stored there. Cap and George
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had only $3,000 to pay down for the property ,
but Willoughby McCormick, founder of the international tea and spice firm, was swayed
by the brothers’ sincerity and told them to go ahead and pay off the price out of profits.
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