Sparrows Point

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Sparrows Point is an industrial waterfront community in eastern Baltimore County, Maryland, historically known for its massive steel mill and shipbuilding operations.


Statements (41)
Predicate Object
instanceOf industrial waterfront community
steel mill
unincorporated community
adjacentTo Dundalk, Maryland NERFINISHED
Edgemere, Maryland NERFINISHED
country United States of America
United States of America
governedBy Baltimore County government NERFINISHED
hasActivity shipbuilding support
hasEconomicHistory company town for Bethlehem Steel
hasEconomicTransition from heavy industry to logistics
from steelmaking to diversified industrial uses
hasEnvironmentalIssue brownfield remediation
industrial contamination
hasFeature waterfront
hasHistoricalPeriodOfProminence 20th century
late 19th century
hasIndustry steel production
hasLandUse industrial
residential
hasMajorIndustrySite Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point steel mill NERFINISHED
hasPostalCode 21219
hasPrimaryWaterBody Chesapeake Bay NERFINISHED
Patapsco River NERFINISHED
hasRedevelopmentType logistics and distribution
maritime industrial uses
hasStatus closed
hasTransportationAccess port facilities
rail connections
historicallyKnownFor shipbuilding
steel production
locatedIn Baltimore County, Maryland NERFINISHED
Eastern Baltimore County NERFINISHED
Sparrows Point NERFINISHED
State of Maryland NERFINISHED
locatedNear Chesapeake Bay NERFINISHED
Patapsco River NERFINISHED
namedAfter Thomas Sparrow NERFINISHED
operator Bethlehem Steel Corporation NERFINISHED
partOf Baltimore metropolitan area NERFINISHED
timeZone Eastern Time Zone

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Baltimore County
contains
Patapsco River Neck ("Sparrows Point area")
hasPart

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