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Fell’s Point
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Walters Art Museum
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1815
The Washington Monument
was built (33 years before the
one in Washington, D.C.).
1828
First railroad for commercial
transportation was built by the
B&O Railroad. The company’s
historic roundhouse now
houses the B&O Railroad
Museum along that first mile
of track.
1840
Baltimore College of Dental
Surgery, the first dental
college in the world, was
established. Today it’s
known as the University of
Maryland School of Dentistry
and is home to the National
Museum of Dentistry,
the only one of its
kind in
the world.
1885
First commercially operated
electric streetcar line began
operation. Learn more at the
Baltimore Streetcar Museum
in Station North, complete with
a number of historic cars.