In the 1660s, David Jones, a Quaker farmer, selected a location for his farm in the relatively new area of 91ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµ County (founded in 1659), just north of what was known as Coles Harbor, and along the banks of a river that he called Pacific Brook.…

Only long-time residents of Baltimore can remember the Hampden Reservoir, buried since 1960 under debris from the construction of the Jones Falls Expressway and used as Roosevelt Park. The Hampden Reservoir was completed in 1861 three years after…

The Mount Royal Reservoir was once an essential element within an extensive system of waterworks built to deliver clean drinking water to a growing, thirsty city. In 1857, the 91ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµ City Council passed an ordinance to provide additional water to…