The Mount Airy Rail Yard- Mount Airy MD
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Don.Morfe
N 39° 22.626 W 077° 09.260
18S E 314438 N 4360838
This site was once the Mount Airy rail yard. Passenger trains stopped here to pick up and drop off passengers at the Mount Airy Station. The entire line through Mount Airy was abandoned by the B&O in 1959.
Waymark Code: WM14WRQ
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 09/02/2021
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TEXT ON THE MARKER
The Mount Airy Rail Yard-Historic Downtown Mount Airy
This site was once the Mount Airy rail yard. Passenger trains stopped here to pick up and drop off passengers at the Mount Airy Station. Children from Watersville and other nearby communities would ride the train to attend school in Mount Airy. Freight trains stopped here to pick up milk from local farmers, canned vegetables packed at the Mount Airy Canning Company and milled grain from Runkles Mill, and later, the Mount Airy Milling Company.
Passenger service through Mount Airy ended December 31, 1949. The entire line through Mount Airy was abandoned by the B&O in 1959. Since then, the tracks have been removed and the area around the station paved for a parking lot.
Erected 2014.
Group that erected the marker: Mount Airy Historic Society
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
2 South Main Street
Mount Airy, MD United States
21771
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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