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Baltimore Inner Harbor, Pier 4, South side of Pratt Street between Frederick Street & Market Place, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

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Baltimore Inner Harbor, Pier 4, South side of Pratt Street between Frederick Street & Market Place, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

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Significance: Designed by Oscar F. Lackey and constructed in 1908-1910, the bulkheads on Piers 4, 5, and 6 in the Baltimore Inner Harbor were among the first reinforced concrete structures erected in seawater in the United States. These and other early concrete piers in the U.S. pioneered the acceptance of reinforced concrete in American harbors. The solid piers, consisting of filled reinforced concrete bulkheads, played a significant role in the evolution from timber pile to reinforced concrete for seawater construction.
Survey number: HAER MD-86-C
Building/structure dates: 1908-1910 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1989 Subsequent Work

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1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Lackey, Oscar F
Baltimore Harbor Board
City of Baltimore
Chart House Restaurant
Christopher Columbus Center Development, Incorporated, sponsor
Hoachlander, Anice, photographer
Hoachlander, Anice, photographer
Bird, Betty, historian
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Baltimore, Maryland, United States39.28667, -76.60682
Google Map of 39.2866705, -76.6068226
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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