Cumberland Maryland
All Aboard for Cumberland, MD -- A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
A partnership project produced by the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places, the Department of Community Development of the City of Cumberland, MD, and the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers. ... [Read More]
Preserve America Community: Cumberland, Maryland
The Canal Place Preservation District, a locally zoned historic district and a State of Maryland certified Heritage Area, features the terminus of the C&O Canal and interprets Cumberland's transportation heritage. The Western Maryland Railway, headquartered in a 1913 train station along with the Canal Place Preservation Authority and a transportation museum, offers daily steam and diesel-powered scenic train trips between Cumberland and Frostburg. ... City of Cumberland: www.ci.cumberland.md.us ... [Read More]
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Bishop, James W. The Glass Industry of Allegany County, Maryland: Cumberland, Mt. Savage, Lonaconing, Lavale . Cumberland, Maryland: J.W. Bishop, 1968. ... McKaig, Priscilla Ellen Beall. The McKaig Journal: A Confederate Family of Cumberland . Cumberland, Maryland: Allegany County Historical Society, 1984. ... Scott, Harold L.Sr. The Civil War hospitals at Cumberland & Clarysville, Maryland . Cumberland, Maryland: H.L. Scott, 1995. ... [Read More]
Western Maryland
(Frederick, Hagerstown, Hancock area): Take 70 West to the Hancock area; In Hancock take 68 West to Cumberland; in downtown Cumberland take Exit 43C (downtown); as you come down the ramp, bare left; after stopping take a left on Harrison Street and go 1/2 block to traffic signal at the corner of Harrison & Mechanic Street; take a right on Mechanic & go one block - the building is on the corner of Mechanic & Pershing Streets (three story cement building). The office is on the first floor Room 103. There is metered street parking on Pershing Street. ... [Read More]
ATSDR - PHA - Limestone Road Site, Cumberland, Alleghany County, Maryland
Inform local residents about physical hazards that exist on and around the former Cumberland City Dump property. ... CH2M Hill. Draft Community Relations Plan for the Limestone Road Site, Cumberland,Maryland, August 26, 1986. ... Physical hazards on-site pose a public health hazard to children and other people who may gainaccess to either the Limestone Road site or the former Cumberland City Dump property. ... [Read More]
Western Maryland Railroad Station
Seeking to compete with the growing transportation monopoly of the B&O Railroad, the state of Maryland chartered the Western Maryland Railway in 1853. Hoping to claim a portion of the lucrative Cumberland to Baltimore route, the Western Maryland ran north and west from Baltimore along the Pennsylvania border. The Western Maryland lacked capitol, however, and by 1899, still had not connected to Cumberland. In 1902, the Western Maryland fell into the hands of the Gould railroad family, and the railroad finally reached Cumberland in 1906. In 1913, with out-of-state capital pouring into infrastructure, the Western Maryland constructed the grand Cumberland station as a symbol of the railroad's power and importance. An imposing nine bays wide, the railroad station is surrounded by a heavy modillioned brick cornice located just under the roof line. Passengers of the Western Maryland Railway arrived in Cumberland overlooking a railroad station dramatically placed in a river valley where the P ... [Read More]
C&O and B&O Essay
Long before the railroad and canal reached Cumberland, this city had a special role as the starting point for the first highway. The Act of Congress that admitted Ohio to the Union as the 17th state on April 30, 1802, specified that a portion of the government's profits from land sales should be spent to build a road within and to Ohio, connecting the eastern seaboard to the Trans-Allegany region. Work was started on the National Road, as it was known, west from Cumberland in 1806. Later designated as U.S. Route 40, many Conestoga wagons and stage coaches passed through Cumberland on the National Road as they bore settlers and commercial goods to Ohio and ... [Read More]
Maryland Greenways
The planned Allegheny Highlands Trail of Maryland (AHTM) follows the route of the former Western Maryland Railroad for 22 miles from Cumberland, Maryland to the Pennsylvania line. The AHTM is part of a regional alliance that will complete and connect seven trail segments, forming a trail between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Cumberland, Maryland. In Maryland, the Allegheny Highlands Trail will connect to the 180-mile C&O Canal towpath, connecting trail users to the nation’s capital. ... [Read More]
ATSDR - PHA - Limestone Road Site, Cumberland, Alleghany County, Maryland
The site is accessible by Limestone Road, which separates the southeastern and northwesternlimits of the Diggs and CC&SC properties, respectively. The former Diggs property isboundedto the southwest by several residences (one is actually on the former Diggs property) and on thenortheast by the former Cumberland City Dump and undeveloped land. The CC&SCproperty isbounded to the northwest by the Cumberland City Dump. The remainder of the site is borderedby undeveloped forested land. ... [Read More]
Bell Tower Building
The National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places and the City of Cumberland, Maryland, proudly invite you to explore All Aboard For Cumberland . Cumberland is located in mountainous Allegany County, Maryland, at the base of converging mountain ridges at the confluence of Wills Creek and the Potomac River. Established in 1787, the city conforms in its layout to the rugged topography within which it is situated. George Washington truly did sleep here--his headquarters during the French and Indian War were located at Fort Cumberland. The fort, and later the city, took its name from the Duke of Cumberland, son of King George II of Great Britain. Known as the "Gateway to the West," Cumberland gained prominence during the 19th century as a major transportation center and as an important economic focus for the region. The city was the site of the first National Road, the western terminus of the Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) Canal, and a center for the railroad industry. This Nation ... [Read More]
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