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VIEW OF MT. ROYAL TRAIN SHED LOOKING OUT FROM UNDER HOWARD STREET TUNNEL. - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Howard Street Tunnel, 1300 Mount Royal Avenue, Baltimore, Independent City, MD
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VIEW OF MT. ROYAL TRAIN SHED LOOKING OUT FROM UNDER HOWARD STREET TUNNEL. - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Howard Street Tunnel, 1300 Mount Royal Avenue, Baltimore, Independent City, MD
Description
General Electric Company; Yearby, Jean P; Barrett, William E
Depicted place Maryland; Independent City; Baltimore
Date 1971
date QS:P571,+1971-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540
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HAER MD,4-BALT,130-2
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  • Significance: The Baltimore Belt Railroad, chartered in 1888, built the Howard Street Tunnel. The seven-mile-long railroad connected the main branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad that extends westward with its Philadelphia branch. Previously, trains had taken a circuitous route around Baltimore, which included ferrying all trains across the Patapsco River. Two decades earlier, the Pennsylvania Railroad had constructed tracks directly into Baltimore. In order for the B and O to remain competitive with the Pennsylvania company, the Baltimore Belt Railroad was built. The growth of the city eliminated the possibility of an above-ground track, necessitating the construction of a tunnel. Construction of the tunnel began in 1890. On May 1, 1895, the first passenger train passed through it.
  • Survey number: HAER MD-11
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