Jack Burkert: The Port of Baltimore–Gateway to the World

Were it not for the port, there may have never been a Baltimore. But the story of the Port of Baltimore is more than the long-touted “Location, location, location” mantra; it’s a story of the work of thousands of people written over hundreds of years. With every step forward, there comes a new challenge: competition from canals, the building of railroads, the upheaval of the Civil War and a dozen more problems and changes—each an obstacle to be overcome. The people, the ships, the overnight steamers of the Old Bay Line—all of these have led us to today’s Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore.