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Fells Point, Baltimore: what the old maps cover
4 streets in Fells Point are indexed in this release, and every one of them sits inside the Sanborn atlases digitised for Baltimore (1890, 1901). Start with the street, then read the sheet.
Fells Point
Baltimore, Maryland
The map centres on the streets indexed here. It is an orientation aid, not a neighbourhood boundary.
Streets indexed in Fells Point
- S BroadwayMarket square, waterfront wharves and packing houses on the 1890 and 1…
- Thames StreetWaterfront block face: wharves, ship chandlers, coal and lumber yards.…
- Aliceanna StreetMixed rowhouses with corner stores, stables and small workshops.…
- Fleet StreetRowhouses interspersed with cooperages, bakeries and later garages.…
Reading Fells Point on a Sanborn sheet
Open the index sheet of an edition, find the sheet number covering these blocks, then read the lettering inside each footprint. The glossary explains the abbreviations, and the decoder groups them by the kind of use.
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