Locust Point Industrial Area in Baltimore, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Platt and Company Oyster Packers

Baltimore Museum of Industry

Photographed by Don Morfe, May 1, 2009

1. Platt and Company Oyster Packers Marker

Inscription.
Founded Baltimore 1849, original structure built 1865

Present home of Baltimore Museum of Industry, founded 1981

Erected by City of Baltimore.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Animals • Education • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1849.

Location. 39° 16.428′ N, 76° 36.084′ W. Marker is in Baltimore, Maryland. It is in the Locust Point Industrial Area. It is on Key Highway. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1415 Key Hwy, Baltimore MD 21230, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Maryland. It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic, in the Chesapeake Bay Region, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Bethlehem Steel Whirley Crane, 1942 (within

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shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Platt and Company Oyster Packers (within shouting distance of this marker); Working Point by David Hess (within shouting distance of this marker); Steam Tug Baltimore (within shouting distance of this marker); Knabe Piano Factory Cupola (within shouting distance of this marker); Bethlehem Steel Shipyard Crane (within shouting distance of this marker); Hull of the Gov. R.M. McLane (within shouting distance of this marker); Raymond R. Allen Court (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Baltimore.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Working Point (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been reported to have been replaced with another marker now near it).

Photographed by Don Morfe, May 1, 2009

2. Platt and Company Oyster Packers Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 20, 2021. It was originally submitted on January 30, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 864 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 30, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.