Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Chapters on the Industries and Institutions of Maryland
Ship Channel. In the days when the commerce Of the world was borne by sailing vessels, and a ship of eight hundred tons was considered a large one, the natural depth Of water in the Patapsco was ample for all the requirements Of a commerce which spanned the Atlantic, embraced both shores of the western hemisphere, and covered the waters of the Pacific and Indian Oceans with the sails of Maryland ships. As, how ever, ih answer to the demands of commerce and the requirements Of the most economic methods of ocean transport, the size and tonnage of vessels steadily increased, until the coasting schooner exceeded in tonnage the Old Liverpool liners and Indiamen, and steamships of tons burthen were classed among the smaller transports, it became evident that if Baltimore was to maintain her commercial importance the depth of water in the channels Of the river must be increased by dredging. The first efforts in this direction were began forty years ago, the city, State and federal governments acting in conjunction, and looked to the opening Of a channel twenty-one feet deep at the mouth Of the river. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
