Fell's Point Thames at Ann Street

<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>Fell's Point - Thames at Ann Street</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="id92.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Annapolis"><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="id102.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dove Passing Greenbury Point"><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> </td> <td valign="top" height=430 BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC" TEXT="#080000"> <div>   <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT>           </div> <div> <B>In 1730 William Fell, a carpenter by trade, set sail for 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, William Fell 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 developed along Thames Street.  Early shipbuilders such as Mark Alexander and George Wells thrived along Thames Street in the vicinity of Caroline and Bond Streets.  The importance of Fell's Point was to come to the forefront with the Revolutionary War and within four months, Fell's Point shipbuilders had produced two ships for the Continental Navy and over 40 fast schooners for local merchants to serve as privateers, a very profitable, but risky, business.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>By the end of the war, Fell's Point was permanently established as a major shipbuilding community.  On March 27, 1794, Congress authorized the construction of six frigates; three 44-gun ships (one of which was the </B><B>Constitution</B><B> now at the Boston Naval yard), and three 36-gun frigates.  The 36-gun frigates were the </B><B>Constellation</B><B>, to be built at Baltimore; the </B><B>Congress</B><B>, to be built at Portsmouth, New Hampshire; and the </B><B>United States,</B><B> to be built at Philadelphia.  The </B><B>U.S.F. Constellation</B><B> was built at the Stodder shipyard at Fell's Point, Maryland between 1794 and 1797.  She was launched September 7, 1797, and was Commissioned on June 26, 1798.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The </B><B>Night Hawk</B><B> is a well established Fell’s Point landmark that carries on the maritime tradition of Fell’s Point as a charter passenger vessel.  The 82' steel hulled </B><B>Nighthawk</B><B> was built in Florida in 1980 and carries 2000 square feet of sail in her gaff rig which is patterned after that of typical 19th century American schooners.  Prior to her arrival in Baltimore in 1986, her activities (the nature of which I was unable to determine) took her to many ports in Mexico, South America, and the Caribbean.   </B></div> <div> <B>  </B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>