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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) Historical Markers

The first railroad in the Americas and for a time the world's longest railroad.
 
By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), December 30, 2023
The Train Stations of Newark Marker
1 ► Delaware, New Castle County, Newark — The Train Stations of Newark — Pomeroy and Newark Rail Trail —
2 ► Delaware, New Castle County, Wilmington, Brandywine Park — Looking Back… — …over 100 years ago from this spot —
3 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, NoMa/Sursum Corda — 1 — All Aboard! — Hub, Home, Heart — Greater H Street NE Heritage Trail — Reported missing
4 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Anacostia — 11 — Transit and Trade — An East-of-the-River View — Anacostia Heritage Trail —
5 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southeast Washington, Navy Yard — 1830 — Transportation Walk —
6 ► Illinois, Will County, Plainfield — Boxcars —
7 ► Indiana, Daviess County, Washington — 14.1992.1 — Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad Depot —
8 ► Indiana, Dearborn County, Lawrenceburg — Lawrenceburgh — First in New Modes of Transportation — 1802 —
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9 ► Indiana, Dearborn County, Lawrenceburg, Lawrenceburg Township — Train Depot — 154 West Williams Street —
10 ► Indiana, Knox County, Vincennes — Ellis Mansion —
11 ► Indiana, Lake County, Gary, Downtown — The Gary Union Station —
12 ► Maryland, Allegany County, Cumberland — Church of St. Patrick, Cumberland —
13 ► Maryland, Allegany County, Cumberland — Crossroads of America Mural —
14 ► Maryland, Allegany County, Cumberland — Cumberland —
15 ► Maryland, Allegany County, Cumberland — Cumberland — Town Map and Directory —
16 ► Maryland, Allegany County, Cumberland — Cumberland — Historic City Center —
17 ► Maryland, Allegany County, Cumberland — Cumberland — Historic City Center —
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18 ► Maryland, Allegany County, Cumberland — Cumberland —
19 ► Maryland, Allegany County, Cumberland — Cumberland — Historic City Center —
20 ► Maryland, Allegany County, Cumberland — Cumberland — Historic City Center —
21 ► Maryland, Allegany County, Cumberland — Cumberland — Historic City Center —
22 ► Maryland, Allegany County, Cumberland — Cumberland Gateway Westward — Fort Cumberland Trail —
23 ► Maryland, Allegany County, Cumberland — Cumberland Surrenders — Between the Lines — Gettysburg Campaign —
24 ► Maryland, Allegany County, Cumberland — Cumberland Terminus: Yesterday and Today — Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
25 ► Maryland, Allegany County, Cumberland — Irish Laborers —
26 ► Maryland, Allegany County, Lonaconing — The Early Years — Lonaconing, Maryland —
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27 ► Maryland, Anne Arundel County, Arundel-on-the-Bay — Arundel-on-the-Bay —
28 ► Maryland, Baltimore, Canton — Historic Canton — The Industrial Heart of the City of Baltimore —
29 ► Maryland, Baltimore, Carroll Park — Carroll Park at the Historic Pigtown Neighborhood — Gwynns Falls Trail —
30 ► Maryland, Baltimore, Downtown — Wendel Bollman —
31 ► Maryland, Baltimore, Franklin — Carrollton Viaduct —
32 ► Maryland, Baltimore, Inner Harbor — President Street Station — Erected 1842 A.D. —
33 ► Maryland, Baltimore, Inner Harbor — The Port of Baltimore —
34 ► Maryland, Baltimore, Inner Harbor — Welcome — Heritage Walk —
35 ► Maryland, Baltimore, Jonestown — 1781 Friends Meeting House —
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36 ► Maryland, Baltimore, Madison Park — Mount Vernon Cultural District / Downtown —
37 ► Maryland, Baltimore, Midtown — Baltimore's Significant Role in American Railroading History —
38 ► Maryland, Baltimore, Mid-Town Belvedere — Mount Royal Station — Icon for the Industrial Age —
39 ► Maryland, Baltimore, Mid-Town Belvedere — Mount Royal Station — Preserving-A Landmark For Artists —
40 ► Maryland, Baltimore, Mount Vernon — Celebrating Culture: The Heart of the City / Contributing to Society: Baltimore's Best Address — Mount Vernon Cultural Walk —
41 ► Maryland, Baltimore, Mount Vernon — Revival — Est. 1929 — Mt. Vernon Place —
42 ► Maryland, Baltimore, Pigtown — B&O No. 908 — "John T. Collinson" —
43 ► Maryland, Baltimore, Pigtown — B&O Railroad Museum —
44 ► Maryland, Baltimore, Pigtown — Baltimore & Ohio Railroad — The Mount Clare Shops — Reported permanently removed
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45 ► Maryland, Baltimore, Pigtown — Camp Carroll — The War Came by Train — Reported permanently removed
46 ► Maryland, Baltimore, Pigtown — CSX Corporation —
47 ► Maryland, Baltimore, Pigtown — First Commercial Railroad Right-of-Way in America — The War Came by Train — Reported permanently removed
48 ► Maryland, Baltimore, Pigtown — First Stone of the Balt. & Ohio Rail Road —
49 ► Maryland, Baltimore, Pigtown — James L. (Jim) Caskey, Jr. — (1945-1999) —
50 ► Maryland, Baltimore, Pigtown — Main Line Electrification of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) 1895 — IEEE Milestone in Electrical Engineering and Computing —
51 ► Maryland, Baltimore, Pigtown — Mount Clare Shops — Nerve Center of "Lincoln's Railroad" —
52 ► Maryland, Baltimore, Pigtown — Railroads Eclipse a National Road — “Thus will scientific power conquer space.” — The Historic National Road - The Road That Built The Nation — Reported permanently removed
53 ► Maryland, Baltimore, Pigtown — Site of Old Relay Station and Hotel — Baltimore & Ohio Railroad —
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54 ► Maryland, Baltimore, Pigtown — The National Road — The Historic National Road, America's First Federally Funded Highway —
55 ► Maryland, Baltimore, Pigtown — The Underground Railroad — The Historic National Road, America's First Federally Funded Highway —
56 ► Maryland, Baltimore, Pigtown — Working for the Railroad: Women — Reported permanently removed
57 ► Maryland, Baltimore, Riverside — Swann Park —
58 ► Maryland, Baltimore, Riverside — The Enduring Middle Branch —
59 ► Maryland, Baltimore, Stadium Area — Baltimore Riot Trail — Last Shots at Camden Station — Baltimore – A House Divided — Reported permanently removed
60 ► Maryland, Baltimore, Stadium Area — Great Railroad Strike of 1877 —
61 ► Maryland, Baltimore County, Catonsville — Bringing Trade to Baltimore —
62 ► Maryland, Baltimore County, Catonsville — Patapsco Superlative: — "The Premiere Flour" —
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63 ► Maryland, Baltimore County, Ellicott City — Ellicott’s Mills —
64 ► Maryland, Baltimore County, Halethorpe — The Relay House —
65 ► Maryland, Baltimore County, Relay — A Rural Vacation Spot —
66 ► Maryland, Baltimore County, Relay — Masterpiece of the Early B&O Railroad —
67 ► Maryland, Baltimore County, Relay — The Thomas Viaduct —
68 ► Maryland, Carroll County, Mount Airy, Downtown — Bobsled — ❄️ —
69 ► Maryland, Carroll County, Mount Airy, Downtown — Mount Airy — Visitor Services —
70 ► Maryland, Carroll County, Mount Airy, Downtown — Mount Airy — History —
71 ► Maryland, Carroll County, Mount Airy, Downtown — Railroad Storage Building — 1920 — Historic Downtown Mount Airy —
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72 ► Maryland, Carroll County, Mount Airy, Downtown — Runkles Mill & The Mount Airy Milling Company — Historic Downtown, Mount Airy —
73 ► Maryland, Carroll County, Mount Airy, Downtown — Runkles Mill and The Mt. Airy Milling Company — Historic Downtown Mount Airy — Reported permanently removed
74 ► Maryland, Carroll County, Mount Airy, Downtown — Sledding in Mount Airy in the Past —
75 ► Maryland, Carroll County, Mount Airy, Downtown — The Gillis Building — 1957 — Historic Downtown Mount Airy —
76 ► Maryland, Carroll County, Mount Airy, Downtown — The Mount Airy Founding — Historic Downtown, Mount Airy —
77 ► Maryland, Carroll County, Mount Airy, Downtown — The Mount Airy Rail Yard — Historic Downtown Mount Airy — Reported permanently removed
78 ► Maryland, Carroll County, Mount Airy, Downtown — The Mount Airy Station — Built in 1875 and Enlarged in 1882 — Historic Downtown Mount Airy —
79 ► Maryland, Carroll County, Mount Airy, Pine Grove Cemetery — Mount Airy — Under the Barrels — Gettysburg Campaign —
80 ► Maryland, Carroll County, Mount Airy, Ridgeville — Parrsville & Ridgeville — Two Towns at the Four Corners — The Historic National Road - The Road That Built The Nation — Reported permanently removed
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81 ► Maryland, Carroll County, Mount Airy, Ridgeville — Parrsville & Ridgeville — Two Towns at the Four Corners — The Road That Built The Nation —
82 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Ballenger Creek — A Crossroads of History — Monocacy National Battlefield — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
83 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Brunswick — "The Town Between the Tracks" —
84 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Brunswick — Brunswick — Canal Towns —
85 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Brunswick — Brunswick — (Berlin) —
86 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Brunswick — Horine's Drug Store —
87 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Brunswick — One Time Rivals — B&O Railroad and C&O Canal —
88 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Brunswick — Train No. 286 Bell Memorial —
89 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Frederick, Downtown — B & O Railroad Station — "No malice in my heart" — Antietam Campaign —
90 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Frederick, Sagner — The Lower Depot Neighborhood / The Frederick Brick Works —
91 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Point of Rocks — Battle at Point of Rocks —
92 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Point of Rocks — Lockhouse 28 —
93 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Point of Rocks — Point of Rocks — Confederates Capture Train — Gettysburg Campaign —
94 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Point of Rocks — Point of Rocks — Point of Rocks During the War —
95 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Point of Rocks — Point of Rocks — Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
96 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Point of Rocks — Point of Rocks — A "Landmark" Community — Canal Towns • Point of Rocks —
97 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Point of Rocks — Point of Rocks — The C&O Canal — Canal Towns • Point of Rocks —
98 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Point of Rocks — Point of Rocks — Changes Over Time — Canal Towns • Point of Rocks —
99 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Point of Rocks — Point of Rocks —
100 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Point of Rocks — Point of Rocks — The B&O Railroad — Canal Towns • Point of Rocks —

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