Lady Emily at Lazaretto 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="#000066" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <B><U>Lady Emily at Lazaretto Point</U></B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=170 BGCOLOR="#990000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <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="id43.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Inlet at Ocean City"><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="id51.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="John W. Brown Docking at Clinton Street"><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="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" 16 x 20 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="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" 16 x 20 Pen Ink"><U><B>Return to 16" x 20" pen and ink page</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="3e2964b0.gif" border=0 width="150" height="75" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>British Colonial Flag</B></div> <div> <B>         1842-1997</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="3e496640.gif" border=0 width="150" height="100" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>          July 1, 1997</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=430 BGCOLOR="#DDDDDD" TEXT="#080000"> <div>   <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT>           </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>On June 28, 1997 the 12,000 gross ton 525 foot </B><B>Lady Emily</B><B> of Hong Kong, built in 1988, was unloading her cargo at Lazaretto Point.  This was to be her last port of call where she could fly the Hong Kong ensign from her stern taffrail.   At midnight on June 30</B><B>th</B><B> Great Britain’s 99 year lease to Hong Kong and adjacent territories expired and Hong Kong was be returned to Chinese rule.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>During the early 1800's China attempted to stop British merchants from smuggling opium into China.  The Opium War resulted and in 1842 Great Britain won, receiving the island of Hong Kong as part of the Treaty of Nanjing.   In 1860 Britain also gained control of the adjacent Kowloon Peninsula as part of a settlement of further trade disputes with China.  In 1898, China leased both the Kowloon Peninsula and Hong Kong Island to Great Britain for 99 years.  These territories were collectively known as the British Crown Colony of  Hong Kong.  The urban centers of activity were the cities of Kowloon (on the peninsula) and Hong Kong City (the northern part of Hong Kong Island including Victoria which was the center of government and finance).</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Lazaretto Point is located directly across from Fort McHenry on the east side of the Patapsco River in the Canton area.  It was the home of the U.S. Coast Guard 5</B><B>th</B><B> Lighthouse District from 1916 to 1958.  Lazaretto Point Lighthouse, also built here in 1831, provided 95 years of service until it was torn down in 1926.  In 1958 the Depot moved to Curtis Bay and the property was sold to Rukert Terminals Corporation (RTC).  Norman Rukert, Sr., then President of RTC, was also a recognized area historian who authored several books documenting the historical and economic significance of Canton, Fell’s Point, Federal Hill, Fort McHenry, and the Port of Baltimore.  In 1985 RTC erected a full size replica of the Lazaretto Point lighthouse on the original site.  The lighthouse, not open to the public, is clearly visible from Fort McHenry.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The name of Lazaretto Point originated in the early 1800s when the Maryland Assembly authorized the building of a hospital at this location which became the receiving area for people with contagious diseases entering the Port of Baltimore.  The Italian word "lazaretto", loosely translates as “a hospital for contagious diseases”.</B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>