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Chesapeake Marine Railway and Dry Dock Company, founded in 1866, was the first black-owned shipyard in Baltimore, Maryland, US. It was founded by Isaac Meyers with investments from fifteen local Black residents including Frederick Douglass. [1] [2] Baltimore's Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park includes the site of the shipyard. [1]
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is located in St. Michaels, Maryland, United States and is home to a collection of Chesapeake Bay artifacts, exhibitions, and vessels. This 18-acre (73,000 m 2) interactive museum was founded in 1965 on Navy Point, once a site of seafood packing houses, docks, and work boats. Today, the museum houses the world ...
The Chesapeake Beach railway station is a historic railway station located at Chesapeake Beach, Calvert County, Maryland, United States. It is composed of two one-story, hip-roofed sections; one part was once an open passenger boarding area that was later enclosed for storage. The station was erected in 1898, for the Chesapeake Beach Railway. [2]
Hull Marina is a marina for pleasure boats situated in the English city of Kingston upon Hull. It was opened in 1983 on the site of the former Railway Dock and Humber Dock [ 1 ] and is managed by British Waterways Marinas Limited (BWML).
The Maryland Drydock Company was a shipbuilding company that operated in Baltimore, Maryland during the 20th century. The company started life in 1920 as the Globe Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company of Maryland. Its president at this time was B. C. Cooke. The company bought land along the Patapsco River across the Bay from Fort McHenry. [1]
(Reuters) -The state of Maryland on Tuesday filed civil claims against the owner and operator of the cargo ship that struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March, killing six people and paralyzing ...
The Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education is a merchant marine educational facility in Piney Point, Maryland, which is affiliated with the Seafarers International Union. Founded in 1967 in Brooklyn, New York as "The Seafarers' Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship", [ 1 ] the Paul Hall Center is the largest training facility for ...
Aymar, Brandt (1967). A pictorial treasury of the marine museums of the world.New York, New York: Crown Publishers, Inc. OCLC 1303121. Howe, Hartley Edward (1987).