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Construction of Nine Warehouses, Pratt and Light Streets (looking south and north) Baltimore, Maryland, June 15, 1904

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National Building Museum

National Building Museum
Washington, United States

The topmost image shows the immediate proximity of the firing kilns to the spur tracks that serviced this brickyard. Depending on their location, brickyards commonly relied on either railcars or barges to move their product beyond the local market. The two lower images show huge stacks of brick and the laborers responsible for hauling it. Photographed only a few months after the Great Baltimore Fire of 1904, some of these stacks may have contained salvaged brick that was slated to be recycled.


Nine Warehouses, 1904
111–125 Light Street; 100–102 and 104–106 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, Maryland
Contractor: James Stewart & Company
Demolished in the 1960s, now site of the T. Rowe Price Building

Details

  • Title: Construction of Nine Warehouses, Pratt and Light Streets (looking south and north) Baltimore, Maryland, June 15, 1904
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date: 1904
  • Description: The topmost image shows the immediate proximity of the firing kilns to the spur tracks that serviced this brickyard. Depending on their location, brickyards commonly relied on either railcars or barges to move their product beyond the local market. The two lower images show huge stacks of brick and the laborers responsible for hauling it. Photographed only a few months after the Great Baltimore Fire of 1904, some of these stacks may have contained salvaged brick that was slated to be recycled. Nine Warehouses, 1904 111–125 Light Street; 100–102 and 104–106 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, Maryland Contractor: James Stewart & Company Demolished in the 1960s, now site of the T. Rowe Price Building
  • Collection: James Stewart Construction Collection
  • Provenance: Gift of John B. Mannes
  • Type: Copy Print

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