Holland and Resolute

<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="#333366" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Holland and Resolute</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=165 BGCOLOR="#993300" 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="id133.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mary Margaret of Biloxi"><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="id78.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Constitution Loading Har Canaan"><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="id137.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Oil Paintings Printed on Canvas 15 x 30 "><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="id136.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Water Color Prints Matted for 14 x 18 or"><U><B>Return to water color and oil page</B></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=430 BGCOLOR="#111111" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div>   <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT>           </div> <div>    <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>                                                                      </B></FONT></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>Until a few years ago the Broadway Pier at Fells Point was home for many tugboats, including those of the Baker-Whiteley towing company and the Curtis Bay Towing Company .  The Baker-Whiteley tugboats </B><B>Holland</B><B> and </B><B>Resolute</B><B> are shown here with the old Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Tobacco Warehouse in the background.  The warehouse has been converted to commercial residential property and is now known as Henderson’s Wharf (which was, in fact, the name of the wharf when the B&O Warehouse was operating.  The buildings to the left of the B&O Tobacco warehouse are also gone and residential property known as Belt’s Landing is now located there.  A few years after this scene the Baker-Whiteley tugboats moved to the docks on Clinton Street a couple of miles away under the new ownership of the McAllister Towing Company.  Both </B><B>Holland</B><B> and </B><B>Resolute</B><B> are still active in the McAllister fleet.  </B><B>Resolute</B><B> works New York Harbor and retained her name.  </B><B>Holland</B><B> was renamed </B><B>Barbara McAllister</B><B> and works out of Philadelphia.</B></div> </td> </tr></table></body>