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Daybreak by Richard Goldsborough Brink

 
 
Daybreak by Richard Goldsborough Brink Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Pfingsten, August 4, 2016
1. Daybreak by Richard Goldsborough Brink Marker
Inscription. Commemorating the local history of the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad that traveled along this path connecting with the Spenceola Cannery

Commissioned by The Harford County Cultural Arts Board

Funded through
"Public Art Project Grant"
Maryland State Arts Council
Harford County Department of Parks & Recreation
The Greater Bel Air Community Foundation
Town of Bel Air Public Art Program
The Richard Streett Family
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, MusicIndustry & CommerceRailroads & Streetcars.
 
Location. 39° 31.866′ N, 76° 21.676′ W. Marker is in Bel Air, Maryland, in Harford County. It is on Maryland Route 24. Sculpture is on the Ma & Pa Heritage Trail but can be seen from the highway. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Bel Air MD 21014, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Maryland. It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic and in the Chesapeake Bay Region. 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: Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad (here, next to this marker); MA and PA Heritage Trail (approx. 0.3 miles away); Ma & Pa Heritage Trail (approx. 0.4 miles away); MA & PA Heritage Trail (approx. 0.6 miles away); Susquehannock Environmental Center (approx. 0.6 miles away); Ma & Pa Railroad

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(approx. 0.6 miles away); a different marker also named Ma & Pa Heritage Trail (approx. 0.6 miles away); The Norris House (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bel Air.
 
Daybreak by Richard Goldsborough Brink and Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Pfingsten, August 4, 2016
2. Daybreak by Richard Goldsborough Brink and Marker
Daybreak by Richard Goldsborough Brink and Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Carl Gordon Moore Jr., May 25, 2021
3. Daybreak by Richard Goldsborough Brink and Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 4, 2021. It was originally submitted on August 11, 2016, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. This page has been viewed 512 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on August 11, 2016, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.   3. submitted on May 25, 2021, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland.
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Jun. 20, 2026