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Thursday, October 18, 2012
TIME MACHINE Preview ... Aboard the new steamer Eastern Shore, 1883.
"The Eastern Shore is to be fitted up in a first-class manner for the accommodation of 250 passengers..."
It's one of the TIME MACHINE items this Sunday on the Pocomoke Public Eye!
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One of the great regrets of my life is that I was never able to take the overnight steam packet from Baltimore to Norfolk. When I was a youngster I was fascinated by any kind of boat. The Old Bay Line (Baltimore Steam Packet Company) had two steamers that made overnight runs from Baltimore to Norfolk and vice-versa. I had seen the ships at their Pratt Street pier and begged and begged my father to take a trip on them. Unfortunately the last run was in April of 1962 and my dream died forever.
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