Cambria is a populated place in Harford County, Maryland, northwest of Whiteford.[1]
Many slate quarries were in operation to the southeast of Cambria in the 1800s. The region was known as the Peach Bottom Slate area.[2]
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Whiteford Quarry, Cambria, c. 1898 -
York and Peachbottom Quarry, Cambria, c. 1898 -
York and Peachbottom Quarry, Cambria, c. 1898 -
Proctor Brothers' Quarry, Cambria, c. 1898 -
Peachbottom-Excelsior-Peerless Quarry, Cambria, c. 1898
References
edit- ^ Cambria in Maryland Hometown Locator
- ^ Maryland Geological Survey Volume Two, by W. B. Clark, 1898. Johns Hopkins University Press.
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