What is now located at this site from 1946? (White Marsh, Mayo: living, rail)

[howard555]

Is this site, seen in the photo, now a residential area or other?
Can anyone name the street where this business was located in White Marsh, Md?

Thanks.

[MrRational]

Originally Posted by howard555

Is this site, seen in the photo, now a residential area or other?
Can anyone name the street where this business was located in White Marsh, Md?

Google map for White Marsh Mall
The street is either Pulaski Hwy (US 40E) or it's been plowed over.

The Harry T. Campbell Sons Corporation owned thousands of acres of land
to the east of the planned town center, on both sides of Interstate 95.

Timeline | Sakrete 75th


1945: Harry T. Campbell Sons’ Corp. of White Marsh, MD, becomes the second documented Sakrete Licensee. This agreement would years later prove to be a dramatic role in the growth of Sakrete products from Maine to Virginia.
White Marsh, Maryland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[howard555]

Originally Posted by MrRational

Google map for White Marsh Mall
The street is either Pulaski Hwy (US 40E) or it's been plowed over.

The map also shows that Hwy 40 is quite a few miles long.
Hoping to find out which block of Pulaski Highway was it, where the concrete place was located.

[MidValleyDad]

I'm going to disagree. I think it may be Old Philadelphia Road (MD 7) just south of Ebeneezer Rd.

1) in 1946 the current Rt 40 was very new. The old Main Rd is now Rt 7 MDRoads: Routes 7-11 The building doesn't look new so I suspect that is the old 'main road'

2) The location I am looking at is a very large quarry, gravel pit, etc. Harry T. Campbell was a large concrete/ paving company at the time and I think that may have been there Aggregate plant.

If you were to go to places where you find retirees in the area you could probably get the exact location. Try a VFW, American Legion or Senior Center take the picture and allow plenty of time!

[howard555]

Originally Posted by MidValleyDad

I'm going to disagree. I think it may be Old Philadelphia Road (MD 7) just south of Ebeneezer Rd.

1) in 1946 the current Rt 40 was very new. The old Main Rd is now Rt 7 MDRoads: Routes 7-11 The building doesn't look new so I suspect that is the old 'main road'

2) The location I am looking at is a very large quarry, gravel pit, etc. Harry T. Campbell was a large concrete/ paving company at the time and I think that may have been there Aggregate plant.

If you were to go to places where you find retirees in the area you could probably get the exact location. Try a VFW, American Legion or Senior Center take the picture and allow plenty of time!

You are in the area of interest. A friend once lived near that business but it was decades ago. I was wondering if that area has any single or multi-family dwellings, or it is pretty much a commercial area only. It might take a senior citizen living there now, to remember from back then.

[MrRational]

Originally Posted by MVD

I think it may be Old Philadelphia Road (MD 7) just south of Ebeneezer Rd.

Good catch. That ties in better with the other detail about Campbells lands.

Originally Posted by howard555

I was wondering if that area has any single or multi-family dwellings,
or it is pretty much a commercial area only.

It's a long road.. at various points it's a bit of everything (think US41 in Florida).

See for yourself:
Google "philadelphia rd nottingham baltimore"
go to the map then drill down to street view

[MidValleyDad]

Originally Posted by howard555

You are in the area of interest. A friend once lived near that business but it was decades ago. I was wondering if that area has any single or multi-family dwellings, or it is pretty much a commercial area only. It might take a senior citizen living there now, to remember from back then.

You might find someone who drove trucks for them or to pick up concrete or other building materials That why I was thinking of a VFW or American Legion. I had similar luck up in New York finding where a distant relative lived 30+ years ago when a local (turned out to be the Mayor) took an interest and called the family that owned the old farm supply store. The man who runs the place now asked An Uncle who used to run it and we found the location. You just need to find someone who did business with them and can remember.

Continuing to look at the map there is another potential. Go further east on Ebeneezer Rd til you get to Eastern Ave. There is another large sand/gravel pit just south of there. It is actually closer to Chase MD but I was also thinking that a rail connection would be very common to such a business and the Pennsylvania/PennCentral/Conrail/Amtrak main line is there. The B&O line is near the other site so either would be reasonable. There are more residences near the Chase site. Do you remember the street they lived on?