Forgotten history of Ellicott City & Howard County MD
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Turnpike
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Monday, August 20, 2018
1831 B & O survey of route for the first rail road line
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The first passenger and freight railroad ran from Baltimore to Ellicott's mills (Ellicott City). The tracks headed south out of Balti...
Monday, November 27, 2017
Ellicott City to Clarksville turnpike milestone 9 M TO EC
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The turnpike company was approved by the Maryland General Assembly in 1868 and lasted about 50 years. For some reason the 9 is backwards. ...
Monday, November 20, 2017
Baltimore to Frederick town turnpike milestone - 10 M to B
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The 10 mile marker stone, on lower Main Street under the railroad bridge, is testament to the Ellicott brothers who built a road from Balt...
Monday, November 13, 2017
Covered turnpike bridge and trolley bridge at Ellicott Mills
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A circa 1909 photograph shows the trolley bridge (on the left) and the covered bridge (for the road) crossing over the Patapsco to Baltimor...
Monday, October 9, 2017
Sites on the B&O train line through Howard County in 1833
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Riding the new B&O railroad from Baltimore was a novel 'excursion', and was described in the 1833 book: A Complete View of Bal...
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