Stories tagged "Inner Harbor": 14
Stories
Gustav Brunn's Baltimore Spice Company
In almost every kitchen in Baltimore, and maybe Maryland, there is a tiny yellow, blue, and red tin of Old Bay seasoning. It is an essential part of local cuisine. Yet, most people are unaware of the spice鈥檚 dramatic Jewish history. Old Bay was鈥
The E. J. Codd Company
Edward J. Codd founded the E. J. Codd Company in the 1850s. The E. J. Codd聽 Company focused on industrial machinery and aided Baltimore鈥檚 booming shipbuilding industry by assembling boilers, propellers, and engines. At the turn of the century,鈥
William G. Scarlett and Company
In 1894, William G. Scarlett founded the William G. Scarlett Seed Company. Born in Baltimore in 1873, George D. Scarlett was a true entrepreneur who chased the American dream. At twenty-one, George Scarlett began working in the seed industry by鈥
The Wilson Line
In the twentieth century, Pier 8 in Baltimore鈥檚 Inner Harbor and then Broadway Pier in Fells Point used to be the launching point for the steamboats of the Wilson Line. The Wilson Line extended from Philadelphia to Wilmington to Baltimore and ran a鈥
A. H. Bull & Company
Archibald Hilton Bull founded the A. H. Bull & Co. in 1902. The company originally ran steamship lines from New York to Florida. Eventually A. H. Bull & Co. expanded to include an office in Baltimore. In the early 1900s, when Baltimore鈥檚鈥
Bagby Furniture Company
In 1879, Charles T. Bagby and A. D. Rivers founded the Bagby and Rivers Furniture Company, the predecessor to the Bagby Furniture Company. Bagby and Rivers manufactured furniture and in their 1882 furniture catalog, the company advertises mainly鈥
General Ship Repair
General Ship Repair maintains the rich shipbuilding tradition so long associated with the South Baltimore neighborhoods of Federal Hill and Locust Point. Charles 鈥淏uck鈥 Lynch founded the company in 1924, moved to this location in 1929, lost the鈥
Key Highway Yards
The Key Highway Yards along the southern side of the Inner Harbor played a pivotal role in Baltimore鈥檚 shipbuilding industry from the 1820s until 1982. Passersby today see almost no traces of this industrial history at the upscale Ritz Carlton and鈥
General Electric Apparatus Service Shop
The General Electric (GE) Apparatus Service Center did not support private consumers in maintaining their individual household appliances. Rather, this service center maintained large electrical transformers, electrical motors, and turbine engines鈥
Chesapeake Paperboard Co.
All that remains of the Chesapeake Paperboard Co. complex today is the water tower. The site is now known as McHenry Row, a 90,000 square foot mixed use development project that contains 250 luxury apartments, offices, and street level shops at the鈥
Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation
The Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation manufactured chemical components for many industrial applications. Quaker merchant Isaac Tyson Jr. established the company that became Allied Chemical in 1828, mining chromium ore and supplying chrome pigment鈥
Procter & Gamble Baltimore Plant
Today the site of Under Armour's world headquarters, five of these buildings used to house Procter & Gamble's Baltimore Plant: Process Building (1929), the Soap Chip Building (1929), the Bar Soap Building (1929), the Warehouse (1929),…
United States Coast Guard Cutter TANEY
USCGC (United States Coast Guard Cutter) TANEY, a National Historic Landmark, is the last surviving warship that was present and fought at the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7, 1941. Named for former Secretary of the Treasury,鈥
Baltimore's Inner Harbor
In 1985, WJZ-TV local news cameras captured the view of the Inner Harbor from above as they documented the quickly changing landscape from the back seat of a helicopter. An aerial vantage point was nearly a necessity to take in the wide range of鈥