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| Last updated on August 8, 2025
Three Liberty ships, including the Cardinal Gibbons (closest to camera), are loaded at the Western Maryland’s Port Covington piers in Baltimore during World War II.
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Absolutely beautiful part of Baltimore’s rich history in the steel industry ship building during World War Two Specifically the Liberty Ships Like the Cardinal Gibbons and Baltimore’s rich history in railroading Western Maryland Railroad brought the coal down from the mountains of Western Maryland to the docks of Baltimore so it could be exported all over the world and specifically here to England during World War Two