Port Deposit in Cecil County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Flight 605
Photographed By Bill Pfingsten, November 4, 2011
1. Flight 605 Marker
Erected by Jeanette Nesbitt Hillyer and The Stewart Companies.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Disasters. A significant historical date for this entry is May 30, 1947.
Location. 39° 36.857′ N, 76° 3.644′ W. Marker is in Port Deposit, Maryland, in Cecil County. Marker is on Principio Road, 1.2 miles north of Blythedale Road, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Port Deposit MD 21904, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Site of Woodlawn Camp Meeting (approx. 0.8 miles away); Site of Chapel-of-Ease (approx. 1.6 miles away); Cummings Tavern (approx. 1.6 miles away); USNTC Bainbridge (approx. 2.2 miles away); Brookland (approx. 2.2 miles away); “O! say can you see…” (approx. 2.8 miles away); Explore the Chesapeake (approx. 2.8 miles away); Maryland Women in Military Service Monument (approx. 2.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Port Deposit.
Also see . . . "On Memorial Day 1947, Eastern Airlines Flight 605 Crashed Near Port Deposit". Window on Cecil County's past entry. The cause of
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Photographed By Adam Margolis, January 5, 2022
2. Flight 605 Marker
The marker is shown ten years after its installment.
Photographed By Adam Margolis, January 5, 2022
3. Flight 605 Marker
In this close-up image of the marker, note the black inside the letters has almost entirely degraded away since 2011.
Photographed By Bill Pfingsten, November 4, 2011
4. Flight 605 Marker
Photographed By Adam Margolis, January 5, 2022
5. Flight 605 Marker
This view of the marker is looking towards the main road.
Photographed By Cecil County History, 1947
6. Flight 605
"Investigators inspect a section of the fuselage of the plane."
Credits. This page was last revised on January 17, 2022. It was originally submitted on November 4, 2011, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,522 times since then and 88 times this year. Last updated on April 7, 2020, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1. submitted on November 4, 2011, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. 2, 3. submitted on January 5, 2022, by Adam Margolis of Mission Viejo, California. 4. submitted on November 4, 2011, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. 5. submitted on January 5, 2022, by Adam Margolis of Mission Viejo, California. 6. submitted on December 28, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.
