Baltimore Factories Please feel free to email Kilduffs with any questions or comments . Updated 5-25-2008

Baltimore has been an industrial city for much of it's past, and while much of the industrial base has left, plenty of reminders can be found all over town.  Sure there is plenty of industry left in Baltimore today, and there are still some big plants in town, but over the years, in a changing world, many of the old factories have closed down or moved to where things can be done cheaper.      In a 1931 Industrial Plant publication for Baltimore City, listings are found of industrial plants that produced just about everything, right here in Baltimore. And while many of those old companies are long gone, many of the old factories still stand.

	The headstone above is found on a doorway of an old plant on East Biddle Street at Chester Street, in East Baltimore City. The plant occupies an entire City block and is quite a sight. Just a few blocks north of Johns Hopkins Hospital, it will be interesting to see what becomes of the old factory.
Goetzes Meat Plant Sinclair and Belair Road	Looking eastbound on Sinclair Lane, towards Belair Road. The first was taken in 1940 and the second was taken in 2005. The old plant still sports the giant GOETZES"S sign on the roof.
Esskay Meat Plant Baltimore, Maryland	Another of Baltimore's Meat plants, the Esskay complex has also closed, and I believe some, if not all of the structure has been torn down.

Baltimore had dairies located all over town. Below left , the Cloverland Farms Dairy building at 1910 Windsor Avenue. Later, the building had a giant milk bottle added to the front. The building is currently a day care center. Below right, the Greenspring Dairy building on 41st Street in Northern Baltimore City. Most office the complex came down in the 1980's for a shopping center, but I  believe the designers kept a little of the front and incorporated it into the shopping centers design.

	A 1930's look at the Royal Farms Dairy on Braddish Avenue, in West Baltimore.

Arundel Ice Cream was one of the more popular local ice cream plants in Baltimore, with the factory located on Smallwood  Street in Southwest Baltimore City ( Seen below left ) . Arundel Ice Cream stores could be found all over the City. Below right, the Greenmount Avenue factory for Supreme Ice Cream. The Supreme plant was torn down years ago and the site is part of the Maryland State  Jail system building complex.

Above left, the Hendler Ice Cream plant, located on East Baltimore Street .  Above right, the Willow Farms Dairy located on Reisterstown Road in Baltimore County.

Baltimore Bakers

Baltimore still has several active bakeries within the City limits, but as preservatives become common in baked goods, giving food a longer shelf life, the need for local bakeries has declined, with items being shipped into Baltimore from all over. Pictured above left is the City Bakery, located at Carey and Laurens in West Baltimore. This plant is still open to this day. Above right, the General Baking Company plant on the northwest corner of Harford and North Avenue and long since closed down and was torn down years ago. The site is now a pharmacy and parking lot. Seen below left , the Meade Bakery on Aisquith Street in East Baltimore.