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December 25, 1840, for $ 405,658.65 with, $ 300,000 of which came from the state. Service was inaugurated on 26 December 1840 at 6 am out of the West Street station in Annapolis with fares of $ 2 to Baltimore, $ 2.50 to Washington, D.C., and
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Baltimore & Annapolis Short Line. After the acquisition the AW&B trackage was termed the
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to acquire land and open a training facility in the area roughly bounded by the B&O Washington Branch on the west, the
Pennsylvania Railroad on the east, and the South Shore line of the WB&A to the south. The installation was named
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was built in the 1870s to compete with the B&O. The A&ERR was used to deliver materials for the construction of the B&P and the two built a junction connecting them, with the B&P running regular service to
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began operation on July 10, 1886. It connected to the AW&B at Bay Ridge
Junction and connected Annapolis with the resort town of Bay Ridge, Maryland. In September of that year it was bought out by the B&O railroad.
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Annapolis an on March 21, 1837, a charter was granted to the Annapolis and Elk Ridge Railroad for that purpose.
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821:"Loudon Park National Cemetery Description"
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857:. Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co.
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