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  2. Economic history of Colonial Maryland - Wikipedia

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    Maryland 's colonial economic history is marked by a heavy reliance on the tobacco crop. Though it would remain a slave state until the end of the Civil War, it was not until the 1700s that labor began to drive agricultural production in the colony. The colonial-era would also see Maryland begin early industrialization and urbanization ...

  3. Shipbuilding in the American colonies - Wikipedia

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    United States portal. v. t. e. A map of Boston near the end of the colonial period: the coastline was dotted with shipyards. Shipbuilding in the American colonies was the development of the shipbuilding industry in North America (modern Canada, the United States, and Bermuda), from British colonization to American independence.

  4. Building Materials Holding Corporation - Wikipedia

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    Building Materials and Construction Solutions (BMC) is an American construction supply company with corporate headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina. The company operates principally in the South and West regions of the United States and has in excess of 9,000 employees. In 2021, the company merged with Builders FirstSource in an all-stock ...

  5. Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard - Wikipedia

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    Maryland Steel, in Sparrows Point, Maryland, US, was founded in 1887. It was acquired by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in 1916 and renamed as the Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard. The shipyard was sold in 1997 to Baltimore Marine Industries Inc. In 2012, it was owned by Barletta Industries, which had converted it to the Sparrows Point ...

  6. Merchants' Exchange Building (Baltimore) - Wikipedia

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    The Merchants' Hall (usually called the Merchants Exchange) built by private subscription, has been a great failure with regard to the value of the stock. It is a noble building and of grand dimensions; the front being 255 feet by a depth of 140, having four stories, including the ground floor. The great hall, where the merchants daily assemble ...

  7. History of Cumberland, Maryland - Wikipedia

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    Cumberland was a key road, railroad and canal junction during the 19th century and at one time the second largest city in Maryland (second to the port city of Baltimore—hence its nickname "The Queen City"). The surrounding hillsides provided coal, iron ore, and timber that helped supply the Industrial Revolution.

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