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Hampden-Woodberry

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Product Code: 9781531626303
ISBN13: 9781531626303
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Hampden-Woodberry

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The urban Baltimore neighborhood of Hampden-Woodberry began as a mill village in rural Baltimore County, where the swift-flowing waters of Jones Falls provided the power for early gristmills. As the nearby city grew into a major international port, the flour mills gave way to cloth mills that turned out cotton duck for sails. At their peak, the mills of Hampden-Woodberry turned out 80 percent of the world's cotton duck. Thousands of men, women, and children were employed in what was, in the late 19th century, the United States' largest concentration of factory labor. Fortunes were made by such men as Robert Poole and the Hooper, Carroll, and Gambrill families, who owned the mills. When it was annexed to Baltimore in 1888, Hampden-Woodberry was a thriving industrial community. The last of the mills closed in 1972, but many of these historic structures are now being reused for a variety of purposes. More importantly, Hampden-Woodberry still survives as a community with deep roots in America's industrial past.


Author: Mark Chalkley
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
Publication Date: Oct 11, 2006
Number of Pages: 130 pages
Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10: 1531626300
ISBN-13: 9781531626303
 

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