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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: April 21, 2013
Caption: Bowie
Sign On the Tower
Additional Description: Bowie station, which predates the town of Bowie, was named for the first president of the Potomac and Baltimore Railroad, Governor Oden Bowie. Col. William Bowie had the Railroad Company chartered in 1853 but it did not thrive during the Civil War. An alliance with the Pennsylvania Railroad led to the revival of the company's fortune. In 1872 train service was inaugurated to Washington's Pennsylvania station located where the National Gallery is today.
Submitted: May 18, 2013, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p242344
File Size: 2.440 Megabytes

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