Holly, David C.

Tidewater By Steamboat: A Saga of the Chesapeake. The Weems Line on the Patuxent, Potomac, and Rappahannock

Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University, c1991. First? Edition. First? Printing. 27 cm, 314, illus., maps, bibliography, index, DJ pasted to boards, ink name and date on front endpaper, few library markings. A thoroughly researched history of the Weems Line and Pennsylvania Railroadsteam boats that served the Chesapeake Bay from about 1820 to 1930. Condition: good, ex-lib., good.

Keywords: Chesapeake Bay, MD, Civil War, Economic Develop., George Weems, Steamboats, Transportation, Railroad, River Landing, Weems Steamboat Co.

ISBN: 0801841682

[Book #34520]

Price: $33.75