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BELOW: Brown's Wharf today. Note that the "Rukert Terminals Corp." name continues to be visible in bold white lettering.
Plaza, located at the foot of Broadway at Thames Street. Rukert Terminals purchased 106 bricks, each engraved with the name of an active or retired long-term employee integral to the success of the company. Standing at the end of the brick prome- nade next to historic Brown’s Wharf, one can see the Inner Harbor to the right and Rukert Terminals’ modern marine terminal in Canton to the left.
On March 13, 1987, Rukert Terminals purchased an additional 22 acres of land on the
Canton waterfront from Consolidated Rail, formerly the Pennsylvania Railroad. This allowed Rukert to markedly increase its outside storage for bulk cargo, like deicing salt. This major acquisition also included a bonus: the Pennsylvania Railroad’s (P.R.R.) Canton Coal Pier, which was built in 1916. Nearly 1,000 feet long and constructed with huge wooden piles and a thick concrete deck, the pier was sizeable and built to last. Norm practically jumped out of
his seat to shake on the deal, already imagining the
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