Nineteenth Century Travel

Nineteenth Century Travel (HM17KH)

Location: Havre de Grace, MD 21078 Harford County
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 33.36', W 76° 5.575'

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Travelers on the Post Road, the main route of north/south travel, passed through Havre de Grace and crossed the Susquehanna River on a ferry to Perryville. The ferry was chartered in 1695 and remained in use until the first railroad bridge was built in 1866. Because of the ferries' importance to commerce, the British burned them during their 1813 attack on Havre de Grace.

"(The British) took, plundered, and burnt the small vessels passing from one shore of the bay to the other, belonging to individuals, and loaded entirely with private property. This was their uniform practice."
Jared Sparks,
Conflagration of Havre de Grace, 1817

Painting Caption
A Ferry Scene on the Susquehanna at Wright's Ferry near Havre de Grace, ca 1811 by Pavel Petrovich Svinin. Image The Metropolitan Museum of Art.


Ferry launches were located just north and south of David Craig Park in Havre de Grace, and near Rodgers Tavern on the Perryville side of the river. When the first railroad bridge was built in 1866, it followed a route similar to what the ferries must have taken across the river.
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HM NumberHM17KH
Series This marker is part of the Star Spangled Banner National Historic Trail series
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Historical Period19th Century
Historical PlaceBattlefield, Business Center, River
Marker TypeHistoric Building
Marker ClassHistorical Marker
Marker StyleFree Standing
Placed ByNational Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Wednesday, September 24th, 2014 at 6:52am PDT -07:00
Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 406106 N 4379049
Decimal Degrees39.55600000, -76.09291667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 33.36', W 76° 5.575'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 33' 21.6000" N, 76° 5' 34.5000" W
Driving DirectionsGoogle Maps
Area Code(s)443, 410
Can be seen from road?No
Is marker in the median?No
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 723 Water St, Havre de Grace MD 21078, US
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