Site of Charlestown Warf - Charlestown, MD
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ODragon
N 39° 34.226 W 075° 58.375
18S E 416433 N 4380532
Stone wharf and.
Waymark Code: WM5G0D
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 01/02/2009
Views: 13
Stone wharf and warehouse were built here by Decree of General Assembly in 1744. Remains of wharf can be seen. Officer’s chests left behind by two Companies of Royal American Regiment quartered in winter of 1756-1757 were auctioned by town commissioners circa 1759. During Revolutionary War this was major supply depot for American armies. In 1813 British troops destroyed earthworks built to guard wharf and town.
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County (required): Cecil County
Location (required): Side of the road
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http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=1688
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