Baltimore Inner Harbor, Pier 5, South of Pratt Street between Market Place & Concord Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD
Summary
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-A
Building/structure dates: 1908-1910 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1984 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Lackey, Oscar F
Baltimore Harbor Board
Whitman, Requardt & Associates
Connolly's Seafood Restaurant
Harrison's Pier 5
City of Baltimore
Christopher Columbus Center Development, Incorporated, sponsor
Hoachlander, Anice, photographer
Bird, Betty, historian
Hoachlander, Anice, photographer
Location
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 39.28506, -76.60534
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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