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Excerpt from Baltimore: The Monumental City
At the head of the greatest inland sea of America, with a protected harbor of miles of deep water front, its radiating lines to every quarter of the South, West and Northwest are all shorter than those of all other Atlantic cities. This geographical fact is immutable; all the skill, capital and enterprise of other cities cannot overcome this. They cannot change the face of nature or destroy the great truth that Baltimore is not only the natural depot of American continental trade, but the Central point of the seaboard union. In immediate intercourse with the National Capital, and'' that it has the shortest and most economical communication with all points South and West.
By the Northern Central Railway it is nearer the Lakes than New York; by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, it is I 32 miles nearer to Chicago: 210 nearer to St. Louis; 246 nearer to Louisville; 240 nearer to Cincinnati, and zoo nearer to all points south of itself.
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At the head of the greatest inland sea of America, with a protected harbor of miles of deep water front, its radiating lines to every quarter of the South, West and Northwest are all shorter than those of all other Atlantic cities. This geographical fact is immutable; all the skill, capital and enterprise of other cities cannot overcome this. They cannot change the face of nature or destroy the great truth that Baltimore is not only the natural depot of American continental trade, but the Central point of the seaboard union. In immediate intercourse with the National Capital, and'' that it has the shortest and most economical communication with all points South and West.
By the Northern Central Railway it is nearer the Lakes than New York; by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, it is I 32 miles nearer to Chicago: 210 nearer to St. Louis; 246 nearer to Louisville; 240 nearer to Cincinnati, and zoo nearer to all points south of itself.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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ISBN - 9780266346074
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Page Count - 60
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