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5 unusual facts about Patapsco River


Amiel Weeks Whipple

His early career including surveying the Patapsco River, sounding and mapping the approaches to New Orleans, surveying Portsmouth Harbor, and, as a lieutenant, helping to determine portions of the United States' borders with Canada and Mexico.

Bull chub

The Bull Chub (Nocomis raneyi) is a species of fish that is found in the Patapsco River in Maryland.

Carr Lowrey Glass Company

Located on the Middle Branch of the Patapsco River in a neighborhood named Westport, Samuel Carr and William Lowrey established their company to create glass bottles for the pharmaceutical and perfume industries.

James Albert Gary

He spent much of his working life in textile manufacture in the Baltimore, Maryland, region, and was involved with cotton mills along the Patapsco and Patuxent Rivers, including Ely, Guilford, and Laurel, Maryland.

James N. Robey

Robey was born in Baltimore, and raised in the small Howard County mill town of Daniels, once located on the banks of the Patapsco River.



see also

Hanover Street

Hanover Street Bridge, a bridge carrying the Baltimore Hanover Street across the Patapsco River

Thistle Manufacturing Company

In 1971, sewer service was added, ceasing direct drainage of Titanium dioxide into the Patapsco river.