Interstate and Evelyn at Fell"s Point

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=50 BGCOLOR="#336699" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B><U>INTERSTATE AND EVELYN AT FELLS POINT</U></B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=165 BGCOLOR="#996666" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="132" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 35 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id46.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="South Channel Lighthouse on Cockspur Isl"><U><B><IMG SRC="007151d0.gif" border=0 width="21" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pride of Baltimore at Federal Hill"><U><B><IMG SRC="008151d0.gif" border=0 width="21" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="20"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="35" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="20" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" 11 x 14 Pen Ink"><U><B><IMG SRC="00d0d1d0.gif" border=0 width="13" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="27"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" 11 x 14 Pen Ink"><U><B>Return to 11" x 14" pen and ink page</B></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=430 BGCOLOR="#DDDDDD" TEXT="#080000"> <div>   <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT>           </div> <div>                          </div> <bR> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> <B>In  1730 William Fell, a carpenter by trade, arrived in Baltimore to join his brother Edward who had prospered in land purchases on the east side of Jones Falls adjacent to Baltimore town to the west.  Soon after his arrival in Jones Town, as it was then called, William purchased a 100 acre tract of land nearby which he named Fell's Prospect and started a small shipyard in the area of what is now Lancaster Street .  Within a decade the area, now generally known as Fell's Point, began to prosper as a growing shipbuilding center which developed along Thames Street. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>In 1969 this historic area was designated as the first National Registered Historic District designated in Maryland.  At that time the Baltimore Harbor Police occupied a small station house just to the right of this scene at the end of the pier across from Recreation Pier at the foot of Broadway.  Tugboats from the Curtis Bay Towing Company and the Baker Whiteley Towing Company regularly docked here and visiting tugboats from all over the East coast were a common sight.   Large merchant ships were a regular part of the maritime scene in Fells’ Point until the mid 1980's.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The loading and unloading of large merchant ships often required large heavy barge cranes such as the </B><B>Constitution of New York</B><B>, shown here docked along side Recreation Pier.  This 150 foot, 1003 ton steam operated crane, owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, was built in 1944 in </B><B>Wellston</B><B>, </B><B>Ohio</B><B> as the </B><B>JW #1</B><B> .  She remained here for several months into 1970 and was often seen loading and unloading ships along the Clinton Street piers.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The 1320 horse power 80 foot tugboat </B><B>Interstate</B><B>, operated by Harbor Towing Company in Baltimore and Interstate Towing Company of Delaware, was built in 1932 in River Rouge, Michigan as the </B><B>Dearborn</B><B>, later serving as </B><B>Milwaukee</B><B>.  The </B><B>Interstate</B><B> was reported in 1994 as sunk in Curtis Creek without her pilot house.  </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The 700 horse power </B><B>Evelyn</B><B> was built in 1943 in Decatur, AL as the </B><B>Elizabeth Moran</B><B>; later, as </B><B>Barton</B><B>, </B><B>DPC 62</B><B>, and </B><B>ST 778 USA</B><B>.</B></div> </td> </tr></table></body>