Forgotten history of Ellicott City & Howard County MD
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Electric
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Monday, December 31, 2018
Grist mill became an electric power plant on the Tiber
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Just off lower Main Street on Tiber Alley, a grist mill was built sometime before an 1860 map labeled it "T McCrea Depot Mill." T...
Monday, December 24, 2018
Electric trolley to Ellicott City for Christmas shopping
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"Line will be in operation in time for Christmas Shopping" was the headline for an 1898 article in the Baltimore Sun. Initial...
Monday, October 30, 2017
Bloede Dam - Power plant inside a dam
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The first hydroelectric plant within a dam was built just south of Ilchester and Ellicott City on the Patapsco River in 1907. The underwa...
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Monday, March 6, 2017
Edith Clarke - first female electrical engineer
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Edith Clarke (1883-1959), a gifted mathematician, was raised in the John R. Clarke home “Arlington”. She attended numerous colleges i...
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