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Baltimore
Harbor - Cruises and Steamboats
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Baltimore
Harbor - Cruises and Steamboats
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 Steamboats out
of Baltimore were common for years , allowing
travelers to go to the Eastern Shore and the
amusement parks over there ( Betterton and
Tolchester ) or perhaps to Virginia or New York.............................
In 1878 , the above ad
was shown in local Baltimore Directory. Small
beaches and amusement parks along the Chesapeake Bay
were the popular destinations for Baltimoreans
escaping the heat of Baltimore's summers
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Norfolk Steamer
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Cambridge & Tolchester
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In the
1950's, The Wilson Line's S.S. Bay Belle was
popular for cruising around harbor. The Bay
Belle sailed out of the Broadway Pier for years.
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from Eastern High Yearbooks circa -
1950's
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 This shot is
actually a different shot of the ship seen above
top left . Look closely
and you'll see the differences.
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 Another cruise
students in the Baltimore area would go on in the
1950's, the Tolchester, which I believe was also on
the Wilson Line.
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Another Wilson
Line cruise boat I
have found references to was the S.S. Mount Vernon.
I found
one reference that shows Towson College in 1962
taking the boat to
a amusement park called Marshall Park. Ring any bells
anyone ?
( Thanks to
Tom H. < March 2010 > -
I've got an answer ! ;" The ship steamed the
Potomac from
Washington D.C. and made stops at Marshall Hall
Amusement Park ( on
the Maryland side ) and Mount Vernon ( on the
Virginia side ) .
" The ship appears to have sunk at pier in the early
1960's. Elvis Presley
performed once on the ship ( at dock ).
I know it's not really " Baltimore Harbor", but seeing that there are very few references of the ship on the web, we'll leave the entry on the page. .
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| Baltimore's Port
Welcome around
the 1960's. The Port Welcome would cruise up and down
the Harbor, and would even travel as far as Annapolis
and Betterton. Many of us growing up in Baltimore in
the 1960's and 1970's remember the Port Welcome, which
gave a great water view of Baltimore's Harbor. The
group of
Port Welcome pictures come from area high schools and
colleges, when
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shot of the Port Welcome on a cruise and an aerial
look at the Port
Welcome at the dock, around the same time.
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 I'm still looking for a picture, but many people email us asking about the " other boat " that was docked in the harbor for years, around the 1970's. That was the S.S. Nobska, which was sold in later years and later scraped from what I understand. |