Hancock in Washington County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Siding and Packing House Site

Western Maryland Rail Trail

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, July 24, 2016

1. Siding and Packing House Site Marker

Inscription.
A siding track, two and one half miles long, ran through the town of Hancock. This track allowed local businesses to load and off load materials and supplies. Typical materials included lumber, timber, agricultural supplies, sand, coal, aggregate and building supplies. This siding track enabled local business and industry to prosper and develop a regional market.

Nearby is a structure used to load materials onto the siding track. The structure has a fold down ramp which would extend over a rail car. A truck would back onto the ramp and unload the cargo onto the train. This fold down ramp could have been used for sand, coal, crushed stone or agricultural grain.

Erected by Western Maryland Rail Trail.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars.

Location. 39° 41.777′ N, 78° 11.359′ W. Marker is in Hancock, Maryland, in Washington County. It can be reached from South Pennsylvania Avenue south of West Main Street (Maryland Route 144), on the right when traveling south. Located on the Western Maryland Rail Trail. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Hancock MD 21750, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Baltimore Metro Region

and in Western Maryland.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. 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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of

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this marker: In Memory Of All World War I Veterans (approx. ¼ mile away); In Memory Of All World War II Veterans (approx. ¼ mile away); In Memory Of All Korean War Veterans (approx. ¼ mile away); United States Civil War Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away); Hancock Veterans Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away); In Memory Of All Vietnam Veterans (approx. ¼ mile away); Veterans Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away); In Memory Of All Persian Gulf War Veterans (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hancock.

Also see . . . Western Maryland Rail Trail. State of Maryland Department of Natural Resources website entry (Submitted on July 26, 2016.)

Western Maryland Rail Trail (WMRT) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, July 24, 2016

2. Western Maryland Rail Trail (WMRT)

Siding and Packing House Site image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, July 24, 2016

3. Siding and Packing House Site

Credits. This page was last revised on February 20, 2022. It was originally submitted on July 26, 2016, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 687 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 26, 2016, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.