River, Industry, & Community

River, Industry, and Community. . , The resource-rich lands along the Middle Branch attracted entrepreneurs. As early as 1719, men like John Moale mined the land's iron ore and harvested the nearby forests to stoke the iron works. By the mid-twentieth century, subsequent industrialization had compromised many of the resources that originally drew people to the river., An Early Industrial Suburb , Cherry Hill traces its industrial roots to the iron ore industry. In the 1920s, new bridges and railroad lines drew industrial businesses. Thousands of people migrated to Baltimore in the late 1930s seeking high paying industrial jobs in a city that was gearing up for World War II. Cherry Hill's close proximity to industry attracted developers, who built row houses for a variety of workers., Connecting Communities , The beautiful Beaux-Arts style Hanover Street Bridge, designed by John E. Greiner, was constructed in 1916 to carry goods by road from one part of the city to another. The bridge replaced the Long Bridge which led from Ferry Bar Road at Locust Point to Cherry Hill. In 1992, the bridge was officially named the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge.